genus Cucurbita

noun

type genus of the Cucurbitaceae

• Syn: ↑Cucurbita

• Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Cucurbitaceae, ↑family Cucurbitaceae, ↑gourd family

• Member Meronyms:

↑pumpkin, ↑pumpkin vine, ↑autumn pumpkin, ↑Cucurbita pepo, ↑squash, ↑squash vine, ↑summer squash, ↑summer squash vine, ↑Cucurbita pepo melopepo, ↑winter squash, ↑winter squash plant, ↑hubbard squash, ↑Cucurbita maxima, ↑turban squash, ↑Cucurbita maxima turbaniformis, ↑buttercup squash, ↑prairie gourd, ↑prairie gourd vine, ↑Missouri gourd, ↑wild pumpkin, ↑buffalo gourd, ↑calabazilla, ↑Cucurbita foetidissima

• Part Meronyms: ↑cushaw, ↑Cucurbita mixta, ↑Cucurbita argyrosperma