Cucurbit
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
A chemical vessel in the shape of a
gourd; but some of them are shallow, with a wide mouth. It may be made of copper, glass, tin or stone ware, and is used in distillation. This vessel, with its head or cover, constitutes the
alembic.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a family of plants of which the
cucumber,
melon, and
gourd are common examples.
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.
Having the shape of a
gourd seed; -- said of certain small worms.
