Cucurbita

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Cucurbita - type genus of the Cucurbitaceae

dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus - genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination

Cucurbitaceae, family Cucurbitaceae, gourd family - a family of herbaceous vines (such as cucumber or melon or squash or pumpkin)

autumn pumpkin, Cucurbita pepo, pumpkin, pumpkin vine - a coarse vine widely cultivated for its 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

squash, squash vine - any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits

Cucurbita pepo melopepo, summer squash, summer squash vine - any of various usually bushy plants producing fruit that is eaten while immature and before the rind or seeds harden

winter squash, winter squash plant - any of various plants of the species Cucurbita maxima and Cucurbita moschata producing squashes that have hard rinds and mature in the fall

hubbard squash, Cucurbita maxima - any of several winter squash plants producing large greyish-green football-shaped fruit with a rough warty rind

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

buttercup squash - plant bearing somewhat drum-shaped fruit having dark green rind with greyish markings

Cucurbita argyrosperma, Cucurbita mixta, cushaw - plant bearing squash having globose to ovoid fruit with variously striped grey and green and white warty rinds

buffalo gourd, calabazilla, Cucurbita foetidissima, Missouri gourd, prairie gourd vine, wild pumpkin, prairie gourd - perennial vine of dry parts of central and southwestern United States and Mexico having small hard mottled green inedible fruit

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Genetic analysis of 91 ancient and modern gourds (Cucurbita sp.) suggests that people began cultivating the plants nearly 10,000 years ago.

Ancient gardeners saved the gourd

Punica granatum commonly known as (Anar) the roots and bark of the stem of this plant has been used as astringent (antidiarrheal) and anthelmintic plant and experimentally proved that the alcoholic extract of the stem bark of this plant inhibit the hatching of Haemonchus contortus eggs to filiform larvae, the aqueous, alcoholic and ether extract from seeds of the plant Cucurbita maxima has proved its vermifugal activity experimentally against Platyhelminthes (trematode and cestodes) and NEMA helminths (nematodes) both In Vitro as well as In Vivo trials.

Medicinal plants as an alternative to combat gastrointestinal parasitism

Squash is the general term referring to several species of the genus Cucurbita. Oilseed pumpkins are Cucurbita pepo, the species that includes zucchini, summer squash, acorn squash and many pumpkins.

Streaker in the pumpkin patch: find a new favorite snack when you grow Styrian pumpkin varieties for their hull-less seeds

The literature has registered similar trends in growth inhibition of seedlings of the species Silybum marianum (KHATAMIPOUR et al., 2011), Cucurbita maxima (SUBIN; STEFFY, 2013) and Cicer arietinum (FAIZAN et al., 2011).

Cadmium toxicity on seed germination and seedling growth of wheat Triticum aestivum/Toxicidade do cadmio na germinacao de sementes e no crescimento de Triticum aestivum

What is the common name for Cucurbita pepo of the gourd family?

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Traditional use indicates that pumpkin seed (Cucurbita pepo L.) may be helpful in combating its symptoms.

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EuRho(R) Vital Prostafit(R) Pumpkinseed-oil Capsules (Germany) is a safe and effective method of treatment.4 Pumpkin with the scientific name of Cucurbita pepo is a form of cucurbita ceae family.

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Yellow crookneck squash is part of the gourd family, a variety of Cucurbita pepo, which includes both winter and summer squash.