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GOURD FAMILY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A family of herbaceous vines (such as cucumber or melon or squash or pumpkin)
Synonyms:
Cucurbitaceae; family Cucurbitaceae; gourd family
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("gourd family" is a kind of...):
dicot family; magnoliopsid family (family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)
Meronyms (members of "gourd family"):
gourd; gourd vine (any vine of the family Cucurbitaceae that bears fruits with hard rinds)
Cucurbita; genus Cucurbita (type genus of the Cucurbitaceae)
genus Bryonia (climbing perennial herbs: bryony)
Citrullus; genus Citrullus (a dicot genus of the family Cucurbitaceae including watermelons)
Cucumis; genus Cucumis (cucumbers; muskmelons)
Ecballium; genus Ecballium (exploding cucumber; squirting cucumber)
genus Lagenaria; Lagenaria (bottle gourds)
genus Luffa (dishcloth gourds)
genus Momordica; Momordica (Old World tropical vine)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gourd family"):
cucurbit (any plant of the family Cucurbitaceae)
Holonyms ("gourd family" is a member of...):
Campanulales; order Campanulales (an order of plants of the subclass Asteridae including: Campanulaceae; Lobeliaceae; Cucurbitaceae; Goodeniaceae; Compositae)
