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n. - A family of herbaceous vines (such as melon or squash or pumpkin).

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  • Cucurbitaceae menispermoides, Alnus of Beesa, Polygonium rheoides, Mespilus microphyllus!
  • Suaeda nesophila, Frankenia vidalii and Nesocaryum stylosum and grasses such as Sicyos baderoa var. ambrosianus (Cucurbitaceae).
  • There are two main categories of pumpkins grown in the United States, though all are part of the Cucurbitaceae family, which melons, cucumbers and other squashes also...
  • Crops in the category of fruit vegetables are a group of species almost entirely from two families, Cucurbitaceae and Solanaceae, which have little in common except that...
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