CUCUMIS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Cucumbers; muskmelons

Synonyms:

Cucumis; genus Cucumis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Cucumis" is a kind of...):

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Meronyms (members of "Cucumis"):

Cucumis melo; muskmelon; sweet melon; sweet melon vine (any of several varieties of vine whose fruit has a netted rind and edible flesh and a musky smell)

cucumber; cucumber vine; Cucumis sativus (a melon vine of the genus Cucumis; cultivated from earliest times for its cylindrical green fruit)

Holonyms ("Cucumis" is a member of...):

Cucurbitaceae; family Cucurbitaceae; gourd family (a family of herbaceous vines (such as cucumber or melon or squash or pumpkin))