cucurbit vs gourd family

cucurbit and gourd family both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cucurbit	Yes	No	No	No
gourd family	Yes	No	No	No

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

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

Other hypernyms of cucurbit include Cucurbitaceae, family Cucurbitaceae.

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