family cucurbitaceae

1. A family of herbaceous vines (such as cucumber or melon or squash or pumpkin) (synset 112177793)
   is a type of: dicot family, magnoliopsid family - family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
   subtypes: cucurbit - any plant of the family Cucurbitaceae
   member holonym:

   • gourd, gourd vine - any vine of the family Cucurbitaceae that bears fruits with hard rinds
   • cucurbita, genus cucurbita - type genus of the Cucurbitaceae
   • genus bryonia - climbing perennial herbs: bryony
   • citrullus, genus citrullus - a dicot genus of the family Cucurbitaceae including watermelons
   • cucumis, genus cucumis - cucumbers; muskmelons
   • ecballium, genus ecballium - exploding cucumber; squirting cucumber
   • genus lagenaria, lagenaria - bottle gourds
   • genus luffa - dishcloth gourds
   • genus momordica, momordica - Old World tropical vine
   belongs to: campanulales, order campanulales - an order of plants of the subclass Asteridae including: Campanulaceae; Lobeliaceae; Cucurbitaceae; Goodeniaceae; Compositae
   same as: cucurbitaceae, gourd family

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