a. Bot. [f. L. cucurbita gourd + -AL.] Epithet of one of Lindley’s alliances, including the Cucurbitaceæ and allied natural orders.
1866. Treas. Bot., 358. Cucurbitaceæ … A natural order of polypetalous and gamopetalous calycifloral dicotyledons, characterising Lindley’s cucurbital alliance.
