| Noun | 1. | Cucurbitaceae - a family of herbaceous vines (such as cucumber or melon or squash or pumpkin) dicot family, magnoliopsid family - family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination Campanulales, order Campanulales - an order of plants of the subclass Asteridae including: Campanulaceae; Lobeliaceae; Cucurbitaceae; Goodeniaceae; Compositae cucurbit - any plant of the family Cucurbitaceae gourd vine, gourd - any vine of the family Cucurbitaceae that bears fruits with hard rinds Cucurbita, genus Cucurbita - type genus of the Cucurbitaceae genus Bryonia - climbing perennial herbs: bryony Citrullus, genus Citrullus - a dicot genus of the family Cucurbitaceae including watermelons Cucumis, genus Cucumis - cucumbers; muskmelons Ecballium, genus Ecballium - exploding cucumber; squirting cucumber genus Lagenaria, Lagenaria - bottle gourds genus Luffa - dishcloth gourds genus Momordica, Momordica - Old World tropical vine |