Cucurbit Definition

kyo͝o-kûrbĭt
noun
Any plant of the gourd family.
Webster's New World
A large, gourd-shaped flask with a wide mouth, formerly used in distillation.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Cucurbit

Noun

Singular:
cucurbit
Plural:
cucurbits

Origin of Cucurbit

  • Middle English cucurbite from Old French from Latin cucurbita gourd

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French cucurbite, from Latin cucurbita.

    From Wiktionary

Cucurbit Sentence Examples

  • It varied considerably in form and construction, but consisted essentially of three parts - a vessel containing the material to be distilled and called, from its gourd-like shape, the cucurbit or mattrass; a vessel to receive and condense the vapour, called the head or capital; and a receiver for the spirit, connected by a pipe with the capital.

  • The entire apparatus was sometimes constructed of glass, but it was more usual to make the cucurbit of copper or earthenware, and the capital alone of glass.

  • Squash bugs can wipe out any cucurbit vegetables in your garden fast, but there's hope if you do some pre-planning.

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