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Noun: Cucurbitaceae
  1. A family of herbaceous vines (such as cucumber or melon or squash or pumpkin)
    - family Cucurbitaceae, gourd family

See also: cucurbitaceous

Type of: dicot family, magnoliopsid family

Part of: Campanulales, order Campanulales

Encyclopedia: Cucurbitaceae