Crossword clues for cucurbit
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cucurbit \Cu*cur"bit\ Cucurbite \Cu*cur"bite\(k[-u]*k[^u]r"b[i^]t), n. [L. cucurbita a gourd: cf. F. cucurbite. See Gourd.] (Chem.) A vessel or flask for distillation, used with, or forming part of, an alembic; a matrass; -- originally in the shape of a gourd, with a wide mouth. See Alembic.
Wiktionary
n. 1 Any member of the ''Cucurbita'' genus of gourds. 2 (context obsolete English) A receptacle, originally gourd-shaped and used for liquids or chemicals; a bottle or other container.
WordNet
n. any plant of the family Cucurbitaceae
Wikipedia
Cucurbit may refer to:
- A plant of the family Cucurbitaceae
- The lower part of an alembic
- Cucurbit flute, Chinese musical instrument
Usage examples of "cucurbit".
Duran remembered the alembic, picked the head up in thick rags, poured out his decoction from the cucurbit, wrinkling his nose.
The cucurbits then had the sun to maximize early growth, when in usual habit the cucurbit normally started its natural cycle of growth well after the grass.
On the long table two blue-boiled cucurbits bubbled and roiled, their heads shooting out a solid, writhing rope more swiftly than moves the black swamp-cobra, which can run down a man and not into twin receivers, but into the open air of the room (if any of the air in Thieves' House could have been called open then) to weave a barrier between their swords and Hristomilo, who once more stood tall though hunch-backed over his sorcerous, brown parchment, though this time his exultant gaze was chiefly fixed on Fafhrd and the Mouser, with only an occasional downward glance at the text of the spell he drummingly intoned.
The cucurbits shattered as one, spilling their lava on the scarred table, putting out the blue flames even as the thick wood of the table began to smoke a little at the lava's edge.