Noun: gourd family gord fa-mu-lee
- A family of herbaceous vines (such as cucumber, melon, squash or pumpkin)
"Many important food crops belong to the gourd family";
- Cucurbitaceae, family Cucurbitaceae
Type of: dicot family, magnoliopsid family
Part of: Campanulales, order Campanulales
Encyclopedia: Gourd family