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Cucurbit

noun
1.
Any plant of the family Cucurbitaceae.



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Cucurbitaceae
family Cucurbitaceae


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"Cucurbit" Quotes from Famous Books



... Fifth place then, I will inform You, that (not to repeat what Gassendus observes concerning Water) I have for Curiosity sake Distill'd Quicksilver in a Cucurbit, fitted with a Capacious Glass-head, and observ'd that when the Operation was perform'd by the Degrees of Fire requisite for my purpose, there would stick to the Inside of the Alembick a multitude of Little round drops of Mercury. And as you know that ...
— Experiments and Considerations Touching Colours (1664) • Robert Boyle


Words linked to "Cucurbit" :   gourd family, Cucurbitaceae


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