family cucurbitaceae

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   a family of herbaceous vines (such as cucumber or melon or squash or pumpkin)

   SynonymsCucurbitaceaegourd family

   Broaderdicot family

   Narrowercucurbit

   Part ofCampanulales

Questions about family cucurbitaceae

What does family cucurbitaceae mean?

family cucurbitaceae means "a family of herbaceous vines (such as cucumber or melon or squash or pumpkin)".

What is another word for family cucurbitaceae?

Close synonyms include Cucurbitaceae, gourd family. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is family cucurbitaceae a common word?

family cucurbitaceae is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.