See cucurbita on Wiktionary
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"text": "There are some registrations that associate the cucurbitas to the origin of the agriculture and the civilization. They are also among the first species of plants to be domesticated. Some evidences showed that the mixture of cucurbitas, corn, and beans was the nutritional base of the pre-Columbian civilizations (Withaker and Bemis, 1975).",
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"4": "cocorvica",
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"6": "colcorija",
"7": "curcufica",
"8": "crocoriga",
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"2": "cucurbite",
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"ref": "1895 April 24, W. M. W. VanNess, “Vases”, in The Herald and Presbyter: A Presbyterian Family Paper, volume LVI, number 17, Cincinnati, Ohio, page 26:",
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"ref": "1977, George F. Carter, “A Hypothesis Suggesting a Single Origin of Agriculture”, in Charles A. Reed, editor, Origins of Agriculture, The Hague, Paris: Mouton Publishers, →ISBN, section two (Worldwide Concepts), page 123:",
"text": "To the gourd growers and potters reaching America, would not the most obvious candidate in this strange botanical world be the most gourdlike plant, hence the cucurbitas? The suggestion has been made that the earliest use of the cucurbitas was for their seeds.",
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"ref": "2019, Marina F. de-Escalada-Pla, Silvia K. Flores, Adriana P. Castellanos-Fuentes, Carolina E. Genevois, edited by Alexandru Grumezescu and Alina Maria Holban, Value-Added Ingredients and Enrichments of Beverages (The Science of Beverages; volume 14), Woodhead Publishing, →ISBN, section 2 (C. moschata Tissue as Raw Material for Functional Food and Ingredient Development), page 207:",
"text": "There are some registrations that associate the cucurbitas to the origin of the agriculture and the civilization. They are also among the first species of plants to be domesticated. Some evidences showed that the mixture of cucurbitas, corn, and beans was the nutritional base of the pre-Columbian civilizations (Withaker and Bemis, 1975).",
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{
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{
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"1": "frp",
"2": "corda",
"3": "gorda"
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"name": "desc"
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],
"text": "Franco-Provençal: corda, gorda"
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{
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"2": "gurde",
"3": "gourde"
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"name": "desc"
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},
{
"depth": 2,
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{
"args": {
"1": "frm",
"2": ""
},
"expansion": "Middle French:",
"name": "desc"
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{
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"1": "fr",
"2": "courge",
"3": "gourde"
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"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "French: courge, gourde"
},
{
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{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "gourde",
"bor": "1"
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"name": "desc"
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],
"text": "→ Middle English: gourde"
},
{
"depth": 3,
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"1": "en",
"2": "gourd"
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"name": "desc"
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"2": "çucje",
"3": "čučhe"
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"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Friulian: çucje, čučhe"
},
{
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{
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"1": "it",
"2": "cocuzza",
"3": "zucca"
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"expansion": "Italian: cocuzza, zucca",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Italian: cocuzza, zucca"
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{
"depth": 1,
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"1": "oc",
"2": "cogorda",
"3": "cocorda",
"4": "gorda"
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"name": "desc"
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],
"text": "Occitan: cogorda, cocorda, gorda"
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{
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"2": "suca"
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},
{
"depth": 1,
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"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "cucúrbita"
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"expansion": "Portuguese: cucúrbita",
"name": "desc"
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],
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},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": "curcubetă"
},
"expansion": "Romanian: curcubetă",
"name": "desc"
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],
"text": "Romanian: curcubetă"
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{
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{
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"1": "rm",
"2": "zitga",
"3": "zetga",
"4": "zücha",
"5": "zucca"
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"expansion": "Romansch: zitga, zetga, zücha, zucca",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Romansch: zitga, zetga, zücha, zucca"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
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"1": "sc",
"2": "curcuvica",
"3": "cocorfica",
"4": "cocorvica",
"5": "corcoriga",
"6": "colcorija",
"7": "curcufica",
"8": "crocoriga",
"9": "tzoca"
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"expansion": "Sardinian: curcuvica, cocorfica, cocorvica, corcoriga, colcorija, curcufica, crocoriga, tzoca",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Sardinian: curcuvica, cocorfica, cocorvica, corcoriga, colcorija, curcufica, crocoriga, tzoca"
},
{
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"2": "cucuzza"
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"2": "cucúrbita"
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"name": "desc"
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{
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"2": "suca",
"3": "zhuca",
"4": "zuca",
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"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Venetan: suca, zhuca, zuca, cucucìa"
},
{
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"2": "kulte",
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"2": "kukurbo",
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],
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"2": "cucurbite"
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{
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"2": "cucurbite",
"bor": "1"
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"name": "desc"
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],
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},
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"2": "cucurbite",
"bor": "1"
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"name": "desc"
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"2": "cocurbite",
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"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Middle English: cocurbite, concurbite, cucurbita, cucurbite"
},
{
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"2": "cucurbit"
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"name": "desc"
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],
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"bor": "1"
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{
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"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
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],
"text": "→ Proto-West Germanic: *kurbit (see there for further descendants)"
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{
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"2": "cucurbita",
"lbor": "1"
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"expansion": "→ Italian: cucurbita (learned)",
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"singular"
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"args": {
"1": "cucurbita<1>"
},
"name": "la-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "cucurbita ventōsa"
},
{
"word": "cucurbitulāris"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Classical Latin",
"Late Latin",
"Medieval Latin",
"la:Gourd family plants"
],
"glosses": [
"gourd, calabash (varieties of Lagenaria siceraria)",
"round or oval or similar varieties allowed to ripen, by which time they are inedible because they harden, and used as vessels or for making instruments"
],
"links": [
[
"gourd",
"gourd"
],
[
"calabash",
"calabash"
],
[
"Lagenaria siceraria",
"Lagenaria siceraria#Translingual"
],
[
"round",
"round"
],
[
"oval",
"oval"
],
[
"similar",
"similar"
],
[
"varieties",
"varieties"
],
[
"allow",
"allow"
],
[
"ripen",
"ripen"
],
[
"inedible",
"inedible"
],
[
"harden",
"harden"
],
[
"vessel",
"vessel"
],
[
"instrument",
"instrument"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Classical Latin, Late Latin, Medieval Latin) gourd, calabash (varieties of Lagenaria siceraria)",
"round or oval or similar varieties allowed to ripen, by which time they are inedible because they harden, and used as vessels or for making instruments"
],
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin",
"Late-Latin",
"Medieval-Latin",
"declension-1",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Classical Latin",
"Late Latin",
"Medieval Latin",
"la:Gourd family plants"
],
"glosses": [
"gourd, calabash (varieties of Lagenaria siceraria)",
"long, snake- or cucumber-like varieties eaten unripe, similar to the modern Lagenaria siceraria var. longissima still grown in the south of Italy (in widespread terms, resembling zucchini or courgettes but with the texture of potato)"
],
"links": [
[
"gourd",
"gourd"
],
[
"calabash",
"calabash"
],
[
"Lagenaria siceraria",
"Lagenaria siceraria#Translingual"
],
[
"long",
"long"
],
[
"snake",
"snake"
],
[
"cucumber",
"cucumber"
],
[
"eaten",
"eaten"
],
[
"unripe",
"unripe"
],
[
"modern",
"modern"
],
[
"Lagenaria siceraria var. longissima",
"Lagenaria siceraria var. longissima#Translingual"
],
[
"grown",
"grown"
],
[
"south",
"south"
],
[
"Italy",
"Italy"
],
[
"widespread",
"widespread"
],
[
"term",
"term"
],
[
"zucchini",
"zucchini"
],
[
"courgette",
"courgette"
],
[
"texture",
"texture"
],
[
"potato",
"potato"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Classical Latin, Late Latin, Medieval Latin) gourd, calabash (varieties of Lagenaria siceraria)",
"long, snake- or cucumber-like varieties eaten unripe, similar to the modern Lagenaria siceraria var. longissima still grown in the south of Italy (in widespread terms, resembling zucchini or courgettes but with the texture of potato)"
],
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin",
"Late-Latin",
"Medieval-Latin",
"declension-1",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Latin derogatory terms"
],
"glosses": [
"dolt"
],
"links": [
[
"derogatory",
"derogatory"
],
[
"dolt",
"dolt"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(derogatory) dolt"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "homo stultus"
}
],
"tags": [
"declension-1",
"derogatory",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Late Latin"
],
"glosses": [
"bryony (with epithets meaning \"wild\": silvātica, silvestris, errātica)"
],
"links": [
[
"bryony",
"bryony"
],
[
"epithet",
"epithet"
],
[
"silvātica",
"silvatica#Latin"
],
[
"silvestris",
"silvestris#Latin"
],
[
"errātica",
"erratica#Latin"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Late Latin) bryony (with epithets meaning \"wild\": silvātica, silvestris, errātica)"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "vītis alba"
},
{
"word": "bryōnia"
},
{
"word": "nautea"
},
{
"word": "nōtia"
},
{
"word": "herba coriāria"
}
],
"tags": [
"Late-Latin",
"declension-1",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Late Latin"
],
"glosses": [
"colocynth (with epithets meaning \"wild\": silvātica, silvestris, agrestis)"
],
"links": [
[
"colocynth",
"colocynth"
],
[
"silvātica",
"silvatica#Latin"
],
[
"silvestris",
"silvestris#Latin"
],
[
"agrestis",
"agrestis#Latin"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Late Latin) colocynth (with epithets meaning \"wild\": silvātica, silvestris, agrestis)"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "colocynthis"
}
],
"tags": [
"Late-Latin",
"declension-1",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"New Latin"
],
"glosses": [
"pumpkin, squash (gourds of the botanical genus Cucurbita native to the New World)"
],
"links": [
[
"pumpkin",
"pumpkin"
],
[
"squash",
"squash"
],
[
"Cucurbita",
"Cucurbita#Translingual"
],
[
"New World",
"New World#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(New Latin) pumpkin, squash (gourds of the botanical genus Cucurbita native to the New World)"
],
"tags": [
"New-Latin",
"declension-1",
"feminine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/kuˈkur.bi.ta/",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[kʊˈkʊrbɪt̪ä]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kuˈkur.bi.ta/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[kuˈkurbit̪ä]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "cucurbita"
}
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