English
Etymology
From L. term|cucurbita||gourd.
Pronunciation
IPA|/kju:kɜ:bɪ'teɪʃəs/
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪʃəs|-eɪʃəs
Adjective
en-adj
- Pertaining to the gourd family, including cucumbers, pumpkins etc.
#*1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow:
#*:On he goes, gabbing, gabbing, recipes for preparing beets in a hundred tasty ways, or such cucurbitaceous improbabilities as Ernest Pudding’s Gourd Surprise
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