Cucurbita

See also: cucurbita

Translingual

Cucurbita palmata

Etymology

From Latin cucurbita (“gourd”)

Proper noun

Cucurbita f

A taxonomic genus within the family Cucurbitaceae – some gourds and squashes.

Hypernyms

(genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, eurosids I - clades; Cucurbitales - order; Cucurbitaceae - family; Cucurbitoideae - subfamily; Cucurbiteae - tribe

Hyponyms

(genus): Cucurbita argyrosperma, Cucurbita cordata, Cucurbita digitata (fingerleaf gourd), Cucurbita ecuadorensis, Cucurbita ficifolia (figleaf gourd or chilacayote), Cucurbita foetidissima (stinking gourd or buffalo gourd); Cucurbita lundelliana, Cucurbita maxima (winter squash or pumpkin), Cucurbita argyrosperma subsp. argyrosperma, syn. Cucurbita mixta (pipian or cushaw pumpkin); Cucurbita moschata (cultivars called squash or pumpkin, including butternut squash and Dickinson pumpkin); Cucurbita okeechobeensis, Cucurbita palmata, Cucurbita pedatifolia, Cucurbita pepo (cultivars including acorn squash, field pumpkin, yellow summer squash and zucchini), Cucurbita radicans (calabacilla or coyote gourd) (species)

Further reading

Cucurbita on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Cucurbita on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Cucurbita on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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