Cucurbitacin
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Cucurbitacins are a class of biochemical compounds that some plants – notably members of the pumpkin and gourd family, Cucurbitaceae – produce and which function as a defense against herbivores. Cucur
Fruit and flower of the Ecballium elaterium, also called the squirting cucumber or exploding cucumber containing cucurbitacin B
Gourd
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Gourds include the fruits of some flowering plant species in the family Cucurbitaceae, particularly Cucurbita and Lagenaria. The term refers to a number of species and subspecies, many with hard shell
Gourds at a market in Massachusetts
Cucurbita pepo gourds grown in a suburban garden in Australia
An Indian gourd
Calabash gourd, Lagenaria siceraria, used for drinking mate