Meanings
adjectivecucurbitaceous (comparative more cucurbitaceous, superlative most cucurbitaceous)
comparative more cucurbitaceous · superlative most cucurbitaceous
- Pertaining to the gourd family, including cucumbers, pumpkins etc.
On he goes, gabbing, gabbing, recipes for preparing beets in a hundred tasty ways, or such cucurbitaceous improbabilities as Ernest Pudding’s Gourd Surprise
1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow
Origin
- Latincucurbita“gourd”
- Englishcucurbitaceous
From Latin cucurbita (“gourd”), + -aceous.
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Rhymes with cucurbitaceous
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APA
cucurbitaceous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cucurbitaceous
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Chicago
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