Relating to or characteristic of a cucurbit plant or the gourd family.
From Cucurbita plus the suffix -al (relating to). This adjective form parallels similar technical botanical formations from Latin plant genus names.
The word 'cucurbital' is so specialized it barely appears in modern writing—it's a perfect example of how specialized botanical language creates terms that academic journals use just a handful of times.
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