Meaning

2 senses

  1. Any member of the family Cucurbitaceae of gourds.

    any plant of the family Cucurbitaceae

  2. (obsolete)A receptacle, originally gourd-shaped and used for liquids or chemicals; a bottle or other container.

Examples

3 sentences

  1. Squash, watermelon, and cucumbers are cucurbits.

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  2. Stuffing cucumber and calabash are cucurbits.

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  3. Most cucurbits are vines.

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Origin

From Middle English cocurbite, concurbite, cucurbita, cucurbite, from Middle French cucurb

From Middle English cocurbite, concurbite, cucurbita, cucurbite, from Middle French cucurbite and Latin cucurbita. Doublet of gourd.

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Forms

plural: cucurbits

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
cuckoocucumberB1cudcuddle
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