#family_Cucurbitaceae__Cucurbitaceae__gourd_family__gourdfamily a family of herbaceous vines (such cucumber or melon or squash or pumpkin)
supertype: dicot_family__dicotfamily__magnoliopsid_family family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
subtype: cucurbit any plant of the family Cucurbitaceae
member of: order_Campanulales
member: gourd_vine__gourdvine__gourd any vine of the family Cucurbitaceae that bears fruits with hard rinds
member: genus_Cucurbita__Cucurbita type genus of the Cucurbitaceae
member: autumn_pumpkin__pumpkin__pumpkin_vine__pumpkinvine__Cucurbita_pepo a coarse vine widely cultivated for its non-keeping large pulpy round orange fruit with firm orange skin and numerous seeds; subspecies of Cucurbita pepo include the summer squashes and a few autumn squashes
member: squash_vine__squash any of numerous annual tendril-bearing trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits
member: summer_squash_vine__summer_squash__Cucurbita_pepo_melopepo any of various usually bushy plants producing fruit that is eaten while immature and before the rind or seeds harden
member: winter_squash_plant__winter_squash any of various plants of the species Cucurbita maxima and Cucurbita moschata producing squashes that have hard rinds and mature in the fall
member: hubbard_squash.winter_squash_plant__hubbardsquash__Cucurbita_maxima any of several winter squash plants producing large grayish-green football-shaped fruit with a rough warty rind
member: Cucurbita_maxima_turbaniformis__turban_squash squash plants bearing hard-shelled fruit shaped somewhat like a turban with a rounded central portion protruding from the end opposite the stem
member: buttercup_squash.Cucurbita_maxima_turbaniformis__buttercupsquash plant bearing somewhat drum-shaped fruit having dark green rind with grayish markings
member: prairie_gourd_vine__prairiegourdvine__prairie_gourd__prairiegourd__Missouri_gourd__wild_pumpkin__buffalo_gourd__buffalogourd__calabazilla__cucurbitafoetidissima perennial vine of dry parts of central and southwestern United States and Mexico having small hard mottled green inedible fruit
member: genus_Bryonia climbing perennial herbs: bryony
member: bryony__briony a tendril-bearing vine of the genus Bryonia having large leaves and small flowers and yielding acrid juice with emetic and purgative properties
member: genus_Citrullus__Citrullus a dicot genus of the family cucurbitaceae including watermelons
member: watermelon_vine__watermelon__Citrullus_vulgaris an African melon
member: genus_Cucumis__Cucumis cucumbers; muskmelons
member: sweet_melon_vine__sweetmelonvine__sweet_melon__muskmelon__cucumismelo any of several varieties of vine whose fruit has a netted rind and edible flesh and a musky smell
member: cucumber_vine__cucumber__Cucumis_sativus a melon vine of the genus Cucumis; cultivated from earliest times for its cylindrical green fruit
member: genus_Ecballium__Ecballium exploding cucumber; squirting cucumber
member: squirting_cucumber__squirtingcucumber__exploding_cucumber__explodingcucumber__touch-me-not__Ecballium_elaterium Mediterranean vine having oblong fruit that when ripe expels its seeds and juice violently when touched
member: genus_Lagenaria__Lagenaria bottle gourds
member: bottle_gourd__calabash__Lagenaria_siceraria Old World climbing plant with hard-shelled bottle-shaped gourds as fruits
member: genus_Luffa dishcloth gourds
member: luffa__dishcloth_gourd__dishclothgourd__sponge_gourd__rag_gourd__raggourd__strainer_vine any of several tropical annual climbers having large yellow flowers and edible young fruits; grown commercially for the mature fruit's dried fibrous interior that is used as a sponge
member: genus_Momordica__Momordica Old World tropical vine
member: balsam_apple__Momordica_balsamina__momordicabalsamina a tropical Old World flowering vine with red or orange warty fruit
member: balsam_pear__Momordica_charantia tropical Old World vine with yellow-orange fruit
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