Genus_CucurbitaWordNet Explorer

type genus of the Cucurbitaceae

genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination

a family of herbaceous vines (such as cucumber or melon or squash or pumpkin)

a coarse vine widely cultivated for its large pulpy round orange fruit with firm orange skin and numerous seeds; subspecies of Cucurbita pepo include the summer squashes and a few autumn squashes

any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits

any of various usually bushy plants producing fruit that is eaten while immature and before the rind or seeds harden

any of various plants of the species Cucurbita maxima and Cucurbita moschata producing squashes that have hard rinds and mature in the fall

any of several winter squash plants producing large greyish-green football-shaped fruit with a rough warty rind