cucurbit vs Cucurbitaceae

cucurbit and Cucurbitaceae both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cucurbit	Yes	No	No	No
Cucurbitaceae	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Cucurbitaceae is a hypernym of cucurbit; that is, Cucurbitaceae is a word with a broader meaning than cucurbit:

cucurbit: any plant of the family Cucurbitaceae
Cucurbitaceae: a family of herbaceous vines (such as cucumber or melon or squash or pumpkin)

Other hypernyms of cucurbit include family Cucurbitaceae, gourd family.

cucurbit (noun)	Cucurbitaceae (noun)
any plant of the family Cucurbitaceae	a family of herbaceous vines (such as cucumber or melon or squash or pumpkin)