Cucurbitaceous

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kjuːkɜːbɪˈteɪʃəs/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃəs

Origin

From Latin cucurbita ("gourd").

Full definition of cucurbitaceous

Adjective

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