(a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a family of plants of which the cucumber, melon, and gourd are common examples.
Example Sentences:
(1) In south-east Nigeria the plant Mormordica cabrei, of the Cucurbitac eae family, is believed to be an abortifacient.
(2) The viroids were inoculated mechanically to cucurbitaceous plants, in which symptoms typical of hop stunt viroid (HSV) infection appeared.
(3) Tubeimosides I, II and III (cyclic bisdesmosides) have been isolated from Chinese cucurbitaceous crude drug Tu-bei-mu, a tuber of Bolbostemma paniculatum (Maxim.)
Loof
Definition:
(n.) The spongelike fibers of the fruit of a cucurbitaceous plant (Luffa Aegyptiaca); called also vegetable sponge.
(n.) Formerly, some appurtenance of a vessel which was used in changing her course; -- probably a large paddle put over the lee bow to help bring her head nearer to the wind.
(n.) The part of a ship's side where the planking begins to curve toward bow and stern.
(v. i.) See Luff.
Example Sentences:
(1) "Women had been restrained with ropes or beaten unconscious with the butt of a gun before being attacked, some in front of their children," said Annemarie Loof, an official with the medical aid organisation.
(2) The UK workforce is part of 51,000 worldwide and Sweden's minister for enterprise, Annie Loof, has also expressed worries about job cuts in Sweden, where AstraZeneca employs 5,900.
(3) A model comprising 49 isoparametric semi-loof thin shell elements was built, based on shape measurements of Kirikae (1960) and our own measurements on several local cadaver ears.
(4) "MSF is extremely concerned about the current situation in and around Fizi," Loof said yesterday.