family Cucurbitaceae

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family 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

References in periodicals archive ?

WATER melon, according to Wikipedia, is a fruit with the botanical name Citrullus lanatus, a plant species in the family Cucurbitaceae which has its origin in West Africa.

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& Nakai (Cucurbitales: Cucurbitaceae), is the most widely cultivated plant in the family Cucurbitaceae in the world, occupying 6.8% of the total area cultivated with vegetables.

Factors affecting thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) population densities in watermelon crops

The saponification value for CSO was found to be 198 mg of KOH g-1 oil, that is comparable to that of pumpkin seed oil (185-198 mg of KOH g-1) and honeydew melon (210 mg of KOH g-1); both of which are members of family cucurbitaceae [30,39].

Production of Biodiesel by Ultrasonic-Assisted Methanolysis of Cantaloupe Seed Oil and its Optimization by Taguchi Method

A member of the botanical family Cucurbitaceae, watermelons exist in five common types -- seeded, seedless, mini, yellow and orange.

Know your ingredients

maxima Duchesne), Round melon (Praecitrullus fistulosus), Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus Thumb.) and bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria Standl.) belongs to family Cucurbitaceae, Chenopodium amaranticolor L.

Biological and molecular characterization of cucumber mosaic virus isolate causing severe mosaic in Gherkin (Cucumis Anguria L.) in India

Melon plant (Cucumis melo L.) belongs to the family Cucurbitaceae and the genus Cucumis, which is composed of 38 species (GARG et al.

Evaluation of floral characteristics of melon hybrids (Cucumis Melo L.) in pollinator attractiveness/Avaliacao de caracteristicas florais de hibridos de meloeiro (Cucumis Melo L.) na atratividade de polinizadores

Squash bugs (family Coreidae) infest most cucurbits, but they are most fond of squash (family Cucurbitaceae) and pumpkins (Cucurbita pepo and two other species in this genus).

Sentinels and signals: using other plants to attract pollinators or thwart pests may be the answer to a better-producing veggie garden

Among vegetables, bitter gourd (Momordica charantia Linn) has a unique medicinal and nutritional value and belongs to family Cucurbitaceae. It is among the popular vegetables in Asia and other part of the world.

FUNGICIDAL ACTIVITY OF AROMATIC MEDICINAL PLANTS AGAINST MYROTHECIUMRORIDUMTODE ASSOCIATED WITH MYROTHECIUM LEAF SPOT DISEASE OF MOMORDICACHARANTIA L. (BITTER GOURD)

A gourd is a plant of the family Cucurbitaceae. The term refers to a number of species and subspecies, many with hard shells, and some without and is likely one of the earliest domesticated types of plants.

Complete Book Of Gourd Carving, new edition

The plant species Solena amplexicaulis is commonly called creeping cucumber and belongs to the family Cucurbitaceae distributed very seldom in the dry deciduous forest and scrub jungles of Tamil Nadu [9].

Phytochemical profiling of leaf, stem, and tuber parts of Solena amplexicaulis (Lam.) Gandhi using GC-MS

Watermelon belongs to the family cucurbitaceae and is widely cultivated in different regions of the world.

INHIBITING DAMAGE OF WATERMELON (Citrulus lanatus)AGAINST SOME BIRD PESTS IN AN ORCHARD OF FAISALABAD, PAKISTAN