cucurbitaceous
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of cucurbitaceous
1850–55; < New Latin Cucurbitace ( ae ) ( cucurbit, -aceae ) + -ous
Example Sentences
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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
Into his bursting composition he paints a current cucurbitaceous self-portrait.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is this air, at once hot and humid, that nourishes those vegetable reservoirs, the cucurbitaceous plants, the agaves and melocactuses half-buried in the sand.
From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 by Humboldt, Alexander von
The growth of melons, water-melons and other cucurbitaceous plants is reckoned very important, especially near towns; and this crop counts for a distinct harvest.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
The omnipresent enemies of all the cucurbitaceous crops are the little cucumber beetle and the large black "stink bug."
From Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) by Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde)
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