cucurbit
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8.6
- noun
- /ˈkjuːkərbɪt/
- Specialized
:
cucurbitácea
- So we look to man as the supreme retort, an alembic, a cucurbit within which fermentation will occur and thoughts be distilled.
- beans and cucurbits
- corn and cucurbits
Examples
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That's because the killer-at-large is a new cucurbit disease called yellow vine.
Academic text (1997) -
At least one government-run firm in China distributes satellite inoculants to protect seedlings of tomato, pepper, cucurbits, and tobacco.
Academic text (1996) -
Suppose we should burn a tree, enclosing ash, smoke, vapor, and every other component within a cucurbit, adding to this a living seed.
Fiction book (1991) -
During the dry season, they maintain separate households on Ituqui, where they grow corn and cucurbits, fish, and run cattle on the natural grasslands.
Academic text (2002) -
Oyster nut (Telfairia pedata) is a tropical African perennial cucurbit.
Blog text (1) -
With two exceptions, the same crops—manioc, beans, corn, and cucurbits—are grown in the uplands as on the floodplain.
Academic text (2002) -
Throughout its Amazon boom, roughly 1940-1990, jute was supplemented with subsistence production of manioc, corn, beans, and cucurbits.
Academic text (2002) -
The tactic capitalizes on an inherent taste that some insect pests have for squash plants over melons, cantaloupes, and other cucurbits.
Academic text (1997) -
Before the PCR test, the researchers conducted lengthy—often months-long—greenhouse experiments to see which cucurbit-loving insects could infect melon plants as they fed.
Academic text (1997) -
Cucurbits, like cucumbers and melons, thrive best in warm weather and plenty of sunlight.
Synonyms
8
4.2
A climbing plant that makes fruits with hard skins, some used for food or decoration
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word cucurbit comes from the Latin cucurbita, which meant a 'gourd' or 'bottle'. So a cucurbit is simply a plant of the gourd family, like pumpkins, squashes, melons, and cucumbers.