genus cucurbita
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1. type genus of the Cucurbitaceae (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus, |
| definition | : | genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | autumn pumpkin, cucurbita pepo, pumpkin, pumpkin vine, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | squash, squash vine, |
| definition | : | any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | winter squash, winter squash plant, |
| definition | : | any of various plants of the species Cucurbita maxima and Cucurbita moschata producing squashes that have hard rinds and mature in the fall (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | cucurbita maxima, hubbard squash, |
| definition | : | any of several winter squash plants producing large greyish-green football-shaped fruit with a rough warty rind (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | cucurbita maxima turbaniformis, turban squash, |
| definition | : | squash plants bearing hard-shelled fruit shaped somewhat like a turban with a rounded central portion protruding from the end opposite the stem (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | buttercup squash, |
| definition | : | plant bearing somewhat drum-shaped fruit having dark green rind with greyish markings (noun.plant) |
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