Cucurbitaceae, family Cucurbitaceae, gourd family - a family of herbaceous vines (such cucumber or melon or squash or pumpkin)

buffalo gourd, calabazilla, Cucurbita foetidissima, Missouri gourd, prairie gourd vine, wild pumpkin, prairie gourd - perennial vine of dry parts of central and southwestern United States and Mexico having small hard mottled green inedible fruit

melon vine, melon - any of various fruit of cucurbitaceous vines including: muskmelons; watermelons; cantaloupes; cucumbers

Ecballium elaterium, exploding cucumber, squirting cucumber, touch-me-not - Mediterranean vine having oblong fruit that when ripe expels its seeds and juice violently when touched

bottle gourd, Lagenaria siceraria, calabash - Old World climbing plant with hard-shelled bottle-shaped gourds as fruits

balsam apple, Momordica balsamina - a tropical Old World flowering vine with red or orange warty fruit

balsam pear, Momordica charantia - tropical Old World vine with yellow-orange fruit

vine - weak-stemmed plant that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface