CUCURBITA, the GOURD, in botany, a genus of the monoecia syngenesia class. The calix has five teeth; the corolla is divided into five segments; and the filaments are three: The calix and corolla of the female are the same with those of the male; the pistillum is quinquefid; and the seeds of the apple are turned at the edges. The species are five, none of them natives of Britain.