Cucurbita
See also: cucurbita
Translingual
Proper noun
Cucurbita f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Cucurbitaceae – some gourds and squashes.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, eurosids I - clades; Cucurbitales - order; Cucurbitaceae - family; Cucurbitoideae - subfamily; Cucurbiteae - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Cucurbita argyrosperma, Cucurbita cordata, Cucurbita digitata (fingerleaf gourd), Cucurbita ecuadorensis, Cucurbita ficifolia (figleaf gourd or chilacayote), Cucurbita foetidissima (stinking gourd or buffalo gourd); Cucurbita lundelliana, Cucurbita maxima (winter squash or pumpkin), Cucurbita argyrosperma subsp. argyrosperma, syn. Cucurbita mixta (pipian or cushaw pumpkin); Cucurbita moschata (cultivars called squash or pumpkin, including butternut squash and Dickinson pumpkin); Cucurbita okeechobeensis, Cucurbita palmata, Cucurbita pedatifolia, Cucurbita pepo (cultivars including acorn squash, field pumpkin, yellow summer squash and zucchini), Cucurbita radicans (calabacilla or coyote gourd) (species)
Further reading
Cucurbita on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Cucurbita on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Cucurbita on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
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