A family of herbaceous vines (such as cucumber or melon or squash or pumpkin)
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Examples for "Cucurbitaceae "
Examples for "Cucurbitaceae "
1 I have seen or can see Cucurbitaceae , Passion-flower, Virginian-creeper, Cissus discolor, Common-pea and Everlasting-pea.
2 Wight, "Remarks on the Fruit of the Natural Order Cucurbitaceae " ("Ann.
3 Cucurbitacins are triterpenes compounds found in plants of the Cucurbitaceae family, reported to have anticancer and anti-inflammatory activities.
4 We don't want authorities on the Cucurbitaceæ , but well-informedcitizens.
5 The plant to which I at present refer is one of the cucurbitaceae , which bears a small, scarlet-colored, eatable cucumber.
1 Pumpkin is a member of the gourd family , which includes cucumbers, honeydew melons, cantaloupe, watermelons and zucchini.
2 Collinquintida Ð a bitter apple of the gourd family whose soft fruit made a purgative drug 59.
3 Many similar cases of analogous variation have been observed by Naudin in the great gourd family , and by various authors in our cereals.
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