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

Type of: dicot family, magnoliopsid family

Part of: Campanulales, order Campanulales

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family Cryptocercidae
family Cryptogrammataceae
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family Culicidae
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family Cuterebridae
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