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Definition of Cucurbitaceous
1. Adjective. Of or relating to plants of the family Cucurbitaceae.
Definition of Cucurbitaceous
1. a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a family of plants of which the cucumber, melon, and gourd are common examples.
Definition of Cucurbitaceous
1. Adjective. Pertaining to the gourd family, including cucumbers, pumpkins etc. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cucurbitaceous
Literary usage of Cucurbitaceous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Food and Diet: With Observations on the Dietetical Regimen by Jonathan Pereira (1843)
"Candied orange peel is used as a condiment. 5. cucurbitaceous FRUITS ...
Those cucurbitaceous fruits which are employed for alimentary purposes contain a ..."
2. Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians, by Sir John Gardner Wilkinson (1841)
"It was probably the utility, rather than the flavour, that induced them to show
so marked a preference for the onion, the Raphanus§, and cucurbitaceous ..."
3. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1872)
"ON THE RELATION OF THE TENDRIL TO THE PHYLLOTAXIS IN CERTAIN cucurbitaceous PLANTS.
By HW RAVENEL, of Aiken, SC I PROPOSE in the following paper to give a ..."
4. The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and by C M Hovey (1861)
"THE cucurbitaceous PLANTS. BY TIIK t.ATE DR. TW HARRIS. IT is well remembered by
all who take an interest in the history and introduction of our principal ..."
5. A Second Series of the Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians by John Gardner Wilkinson (1841)
"It was probably the utility, rather than the flavour, that induced them to show
so marked a preference for the onion, the Raphanus§, and cucurbitaceous ..."
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