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cucurbite

cucurbite is the archaic form of cucurbit.

Meaning of cucurbit

Noun

cucurbit (plural cucurbits)

  1. Any member of the family Cucurbitaceae of gourds.
    • Our efforts are directed against species of African origin because these include several notorious pests (such as medfly, Ceratitis capitata), as well as some of the most poorly known ones (species of Dacus feeding on cucurbits).2022 September 6 (last accessed), United States Department of Agriculture, “Archived copy”, in AFRICAN TEPHRITIDAE: INVASIVE SPECIES THREATENING U.S. FRUIT & VEGETABLE PRODUCTS, archived from the...
  2. (obsolete) A receptacle, originally gourd-shaped and used for liquids or chemicals; a bottle or other container.
    • When Sulayman saw me, he took refuge with Allah and bade me embrace the True Faith and obey his behests; but I refused, so sending for this cucurbit he shut me up therein, and stopped it over with lead1885, Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, volume 1

Forms of cucurbite

pluralcucurbites

Questions about cucurbite

What is cucurbite the archaic form of?
Cucurbite is the archaic form of cucurbit.

Words near cucurbite in the dictionary

  1. cucurbitacins
  2. cucurbital
  3. cucurbitane
  4. cucurbitanes
  5. cucurbitas
  6. cucurbite
  7. cucurbites
  8. cucurbitine
  9. cucurbitoid
  10. cucurbits
  11. cucurbituril

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