(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.)
Pumpkin
Definition:
(n.) A well-known trailing plant (Cucurbita pepo) and its fruit, -- used for cooking and for feeding stock; a pompion.
Example Sentences:
(1) Bloody odd combination but those Orange Foam Headphones would blast those magnificent records into my developing brain over and over again" chernypyos – Björk's Human Behavior and Sinead O'Connor's Fire On Babylon: "bjork's 'human behavior' and sinead o'connor's "fire on babylon" oddly stick in my head from that one evening walking in the woods, breathing the damp air, and feeling pleasantly invisible" Pyromancer – REM – Automatic for the People Blood Sugar Sex Magic Pearl Jam - Vs RATM's first album Portishead Maxinquaye by Tricky Manic Street Preachers – Gold Against the Soul Smashing Pumpkins, Siamese Dream "I used to go to the local library and take out a CD (50p for 3 weeks!
(2) Pumpkin seeds provide high phosphorus levels and can be used as a potential agent in lowering the risk of bladder-stone disease.
(3) High-waisted flared pleated silk trousers was the key shape, in colours Saint Laurent would have approved, such as like pumpkin orange, sea green and glowing fuchia.
(4) Beacon Food Forest, Seattle, Washington, US This Seattle project, called the Beacon Food Forest, is turning public land into an edible forest where residents can forage for fruits, pumpkins and nuts.
(5) A statistically significant inverse relationship was found between the risk of skin cancer and a high intake of fish (p = 0.05); vegetables in general (p < 0.001); beans, lentils, or peas (p < 0.001), carrots, silverbeet (Swiss chard), or pumpkin (p < 0.001); cruciferous vegetables (cabbage, brussel sprouts, or broccoli) (p < 0.001); and beta-carotene- and vitamin C-containing foods (p = 0.004).
(6) Pumpkin phloem exudate contains two abundant phloem proteins: PP1 is a 96-kD protein that forms polymeric filaments in vivo, and PP2 is a 48-kD dimeric lectin.
(7) • carteblanchefoodcart.com Miss Kate's Southern Kitchen Miss Kate's Southern Kitchen Photograph: Marina O'Loughlin for the Guardian This folksy cart dishes out Southern comfort food: freshly made mac 'n' cheese, pumpkin-spiced waffles with maple butter, meatloaf and succotash .
(8) The children's clothing chain Pumpkin Patch has become the latest high-street retailer to fall into administration, putting 400 jobs at risk.
(9) Polyclonal antibodies raised against pumpkin phloem exudate were used to isolate several cDNAs corresponding to PP1 and PP2.
(10) In three patients an obstructing phytobezoar (made up of bran, sauerkraut and pumpkin in one case each) was removed at surgery from the small intestine.
(11) Organophosphorus pesticides in 47 agricultural products imported at the Yokohama and Kobe Quarantine Station in 1990 were determined by FPD-GC and identified by GC-MS. Chlorpyrifosmethyl, malathion and fenitrothion were found in wheat (0.03-0.69 ppm), chlorpyrifosmethyl and fenitrothion in soy bean (0.02-1.03 ppm), chlorpyrifosmethyl in cherry (0.12-0.17 ppm), chlorpyrifosmethyl in pumpkin (0.07-0.15 ppm), chlorpyrifosmethyl and malathion in corn (0.15-1.38 ppm).
(12) Pumpkin seeds lowered calcium-oxalate crystal occurrence and calcium level but increased phosphorus, pyrophosphate, glycosaminoglycans, and potassium values in urine as compared with orthophosphate supplementation.
(13) Another objective was to complement the amino acid pattern of pumpkin with others protein sources for human consumption.
(14) Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins was resigned: "There's no stopping it," he said.
(15) In these cases, the foreign body was of organic origin (mainly seeds and dry fruits) and particularly pumpkin seeds (25% of all cases).
(16) Photograph: mimsy for the Guardian Reethi rah pumpkin curry Reethi Rah is in the Maldives, where most of the chefs are Sri Lankan.
(17) The Bp10 gene family codes for proteins of 62 kDa showing approximately 30% sequence identify to cucumber and pumpkin ascorbate oxidases (AAOs).
(18) 2.41pm BST Let me put my business cap on for a minute - it's not a very good cap, I once started a pumpkin business after 5 November - and tell you that Manchester United's shares are down 3.6% to $18.10 in the first five minutes of trading in New York.
(19) Just like golden leaves on the trees and polyester pumpkin outfits in the shops, we've come to expect the autumn to bring energy price rises: and they look unlikely to let us down.
(20) The first group included beef and fish broths, boiled meat, rye bread, cabbage, tomato, apple, cherry and black currant juices, rhubarb infusion, fresh kefir, carrot and pumpkin purees.