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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Cucurbitenoun

    A chymical vessel, commonly called a body, made of earth or glass, in the shape of a gourd, and therefore called cucurbite. John Quincy

    Etymology: cucurbita, Latin.

    I have, for curiosity’s sake, distilled quicksilver in a cucurbite, fitted with a capacious glass-head. Robert Boyle, on Colours.

    Let common yellow sulphur be put into a cucurbite glass, upon which pour the strongest aqua fortis. John Mortimer, Husb.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Cucurbitenoun

    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

  2. Etymology: [L. cucurbita a gourd: cf. F. cucurbite. See Gourd.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of cucurbite in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of cucurbite in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3


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