cucurbitaceous

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin cucurbita (“‘gourd’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /kju:kɜ:bɪ'teɪʃəs/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃəs

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cucurbitaceous (comparative more cucurbitaceous, superlative most cucurbitaceous)

1. Pertaining to the gourd family, including cucumbers, pumpkins etc.
   • 1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow:

     On he goes, gabbing, gabbing, recipes for preparing beets in a hundred tasty ways, or such cucurbitaceous improbabilities as Ernest Pudding’s Gourd Surprise