"cucurbit" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kjuˈkɜː.bɪt/ [UK], /kjuˈkɝ.bɪt/ [US] Forms: cucurbits [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English cocurbite, concurbite, cucurbita, cucurbite, from Middle French cucurbite and Latin cucurbita. Doublet of gourd. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|cocurbite}} Middle English cocurbite, {{der|en|frm|cucurbite}} Middle French cucurbite, {{der|en|la|cucurbita}} Latin cucurbita, {{doublet|en|gourd}} Doublet of gourd Head templates: {{en-noun}} cucurbit (plural cucurbits)
  1. Any member of the family Cucurbitaceae of gourds. Categories (lifeform): Gourd family plants
    Sense id: en-cucurbit-en-noun-AVEik6w6 Disambiguation of Gourd family plants: 47 53 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53
  2. (obsolete) A receptacle, originally gourd-shaped and used for liquids or chemicals; a bottle or other container. Tags: obsolete Categories (lifeform): Gourd family plants
    Sense id: en-cucurbit-en-noun-4tl8CXMm Disambiguation of Gourd family plants: 47 53 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 44 56 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 38 62
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cucurbita, cucurbite [archaic]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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