Etymology

cucurbitaceous

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Today it means: Pertaining to the gourd family, including cucumbers, pumpkins etc. Full definition →

Latin cucurbita
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromcucurbita“gourd”
  2. English todaycucurbitaceous

From Latin cucurbita (“gourd”), + -aceous.

Words from the same roots

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