Translingual

Cucurbita palmata

Proper noun

Cucurbita f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Cucurbitaceae – some gourds and squashes.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, eurosids I - clades; Cucurbitales - order; Cucurbitaceae - family; Cucurbitoideae - subfamily; Cucurbiteae - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Cucurbita argyrosperma, Cucurbita cordata, Cucurbita digitata (fingerleaf gourd), Cucurbita ecuadorensis, Cucurbita ficifolia (figleaf gourd or chilacayote), Cucurbita foetidissima (stinking gourd or buffalo gourd); Cucurbita lundelliana, Cucurbita maxima (winter squash or pumpkin), Cucurbita mixta (pipian or cushaw pumpkin); Cucurbita moschata (cultivars called squash or pumpkin, including butternut squash and Dickinson pumpkin); Cucurbita okeechobeensis, Cucurbita palmata, Cucurbita pedatifolia, Cucurbita pepo (cultivars including acorn squash, field pumpkin, yellow summer squash and zucchini), Cucurbita radicans (calabacilla or coyote gourd) (species)

Italian

Noun

cucurbita f ‎(plural cucurbite)

1. gourd

Latin

Etymology

Probably related to cucumis ‎(“cucumber”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kuˈkur.bi.ta/

Noun

cucurbita f ‎(genitive cucurbitae); first declension

1. gourd
2. dolt

Inflection

First declension.

Derived terms

• cucurbitārius
• cucurbitātiō
• cucurbitīnus
• cucurbitula

Related terms

• cucurbitulāris
• cucurbita ventōsa

Descendants

References

• cucurbita in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cucurbita in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• CUCURBITA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “cucurbita”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.