cucurbitaceous

American  

[kyoo-kur-bi-tey-shuhs] / kyuˌkɜr bɪˈteɪ ʃəs /

adjective

1. belonging to the Cucurbitaceae, the gourd family of plants.

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Etymology

Origin of cucurbitaceous

1850–55; < New Latin Cucurbitace ( ae ) ( cucurbit, -aceae ) + -ous

Example Sentences

Into his bursting composition he paints a current cucurbitaceous self-portrait.

From Time Magazine Archive

Much of their madness is visual, relying on Hen-dra's cucurbitaceous shape and Dolly Sister face and on Ullett's saturnine suavity.

From Time Magazine Archive

A pretty species of Commelyna, on the flats, a cucurbitaceous plant with quinquepalmate leaves and large white blossoms, grew along the river, the approaches of which were rendered almost inaccessible by a stiff high grass.

From Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845 by Leichhardt, Ludwig

Several other very interesting cucurbitaceous fruits, and large reeds, were observed among the rubbish which had accumulated round the trees during the flood.

From Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845 by Leichhardt, Ludwig

Khira, or cucumbers, grow to great perfection, and with another cucurbitaceous plant called Kangkari, are ripe from the 13th of June to the 15th of August.

From An Account of The Kingdom of Nepal And of the Territories Annexed to this Dominion by the House of Gorkha by Hamilton, Francis