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English
Etymology
From Latin cucurbita (“gourd”), + -aceous.
Pronunciation
Adjective
cucurbitaceous (comparative more cucurbitaceous, superlative most cucurbitaceous)
- 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