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CUCUMIS MELO

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Meaning:

Any of several varieties of vine whose fruit has a netted rind and edible flesh and a musky smellplay

Synonyms:

Cucumis melo; muskmelon; sweet melon; sweet melon vine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

melon; melon vine (any of various fruit of cucurbitaceous vines including: muskmelons; watermelons; cantaloupes; cucumbers)

Meronyms (parts of "Cucumis melo"):

muskmelon; sweet melon (the fruit of a muskmelon vine; any of several sweet melons related to cucumbers)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Cucumis melo"):

cantaloup; cantaloup vine; cantaloupe; cantaloupe vine; Cucumis melo cantalupensis (a variety of muskmelon vine having fruit with a tan rind and orange flesh)

Cucumis melo inodorus; honeydew melon; Persian melon; winter melon; winter melon vine (any of a variety of muskmelon vines having fruit with a smooth white rind and white or greenish flesh that does not have a musky smell)

Cucumis melo reticulatus; net melon; netted melon; nutmeg melon (a muskmelon vine with fruit that has a thin reticulated rind and sweet green flesh)

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

Cucumis; genus Cucumis (cucumbers; muskmelons)

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