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Echinocystis

Echinocystis is a monotypic genus in the gourd/melon/cucumber family Cucurbitaceae, with the sole species Echinocystis lobata, commonly called wild cucumber, prickly cucumber, or balsam apple.

Usage examples of "echinocystis".

Echeveria stolonifera, circumnutation of leaf, 237 Echinocactus viridescens, its rudimentary cotyledons, 97 Echinocystis lobata, movements of tendrils, 266 --, apogeotropism of tendrils, 510 Elfving, F.