Cucurbita
See also: cucurbita
Translingual
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Cucurbita_palmata_6.jpg/220px-Cucurbita_palmata_6.jpg)
Etymology
From Latin cucurbita (“gourd”)
Proper noun
Cucurbita f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Cucurbitaceae – some gourds and squashes.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids - clades; Cucurbitales - order; Cucurbitaceae - family; Cucurbitoideae - subfamily; Cucurbiteae - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Cucurbita pepo (cultivars including acorn squash, field pumpkin, yellow summer squash and zucchini) - type species; Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template. (cushaw pumpkin), Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template. (coyote gourd(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
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with a regular link if already defined. Add novern=1 if not defined.) or cushaw pumpkin); Cucurbita moschata (cultivars called squash or pumpkin, including butternut squash and Dickinson pumpkin); Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template., Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template. (coyote gourd(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace{{vern}}
with a regular link if already defined. Add novern=1 if not defined.)), Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template., Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template. (calabacilla(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace{{vern}}
with a regular link if already defined. Add novern=1 if not defined.) or coyote gourd(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace{{vern}}
with a regular link if already defined. Add novern=1 if not defined.)) - other species
References
Cucurbita on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Cucurbita on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Cucurbita on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons