What does cucurbita mean?
Cucurbita means Alternative form of cucurbit (plant)..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Alternative form of cucurbit (plant)..
“But where can I get the gourds—I beg your pardon, the cucurbitas?’
To the gourd growers and potters reaching America, would not the most obvious candidate in this strange botanical world be the most gourdlike plant, hence the cucurbitas? The suggestion has been made that the earliest use of the cucurbitas was for their seeds.
There are some registrations that associate the cucurbitas to the origin of the agriculture and the civilization. They are also among the first species of plants to be domesticated. Some evidences showed that the mixture of cucurbitas, corn, and beans was the nutritional base of the pre-Columbian civilizations (Withaker and Bemis, 1975).
Use cucurbita when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Cucurbita means Alternative form of cucurbit (plant)..
Common synonyms include genus cucurbita.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
“But where can I get the gourds—I beg your pardon, the cucurbitas?’
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