cucurbit: Meaning and Definition of

cu•cur•bit

Pronunciation: (ky-kûr'bit), [key]
— n.
  1. a gourd.
  2. any plant of the gourd family.
  3. the gourd-shaped portion of an alembic, a vessel formerly used in distilling.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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