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Noun: gourd family  gord fa-mu-lee
  1. A family of herbaceous vines (such as cucumber, melon, squash or pumpkin)
    - Cucurbitaceae, family Cucurbitaceae

Type of: dicot family, magnoliopsid family

Part of: Campanulales, order Campanulales

Encyclopedia: Gourd family