cucumis

The cantaloupe, also called a muskmelon, belongs to the Cucumis family.

A cucumis arrived the year after in Amsterdam.

Muskmelon (Cucumis melo) is a species of melon that has been developed into many cultivated varieties.

This hybrid's scientific name is Cucumis melo L. var.

Cucumis sativus (I)

Honeydew (Cucumis melo)

Cantaloupe (Cucumis melo var.

Cucumis humifructus is thought to be the only Cucumis species having geocarpic (subterranean) fruit.

Yellow-Flowered Gourd (Cucumis pepo olifera): These are closely related to squash.

The Jenny Lind Melon (Cucumis melo) is an heirloom cantaloupe first introduced in the 1840s.

Other recorded foodplants include Cucumis, Andropogon, Oryza, Paspalum and Saccharum.

Melothrieae: Cucumber (Cucumis sativus) and others (e.g. melons)

Within these groups, they are also distinguished by their Latin names into two groups, Cucumis (muskmelons), and Citrullus (watermelons.)

One unusual feature of Cucumis is that all translations are peer reviewed and may be edited by other Cucumis translators.

Relationships of cucumbers and melons unraveled: molecular phylogenetics of Cucumis and related genera (Benincaseae, Cucurbitaceae).

Subtribe Cucumerinae: Melancium Cucumeropsis Posadaea Melothria Muellarargia Zehneria Cucumis (including: Mukia, Dicaelospermum, Cucumella, Oreosyce, and Myrmecosicyos ).

Along with the Cucumis project and the Wikipedia's own translation projects in every language, such as the Wikipedia:ECHO, Project Lingua is considered one of the largest volunteer-based online translation communities in the world.

The term can also be used to refer to the West Indian Burr Gherkin (Cucumis anguria), a related species, originally from West Africa and introduced to the West Indies, probably by the Portuguese.

The Santa Claus melon, sometimes known as Christmas melon or piel de sapo, is a variety of melon (family Cucurbitaceae, Cucumis melo, Inodorus group) that grows to about a foot in length and is oblong in shape.

The watermelon fruit, loosely considered a type of melon - although not in the genus Cucumis - has a smooth exterior rind (green, yellow and sometimes white) and a juicy, sweet interior flesh (usually deep red to pink, but sometimes orange, yellow and even green if not ripe).

The name Cucumibacter derives from:Latin noun cucumis, cucumber; New Latin masculine gender noun, a rodbacter, nominally meaning "a rod", but in effect meaning a bacterium, rod; New Latin masculine gender noun Cucumibacter, a cucumber-like rod.

A gherkin is not only a pickle of a certain size but also a particular species of cucumber: the West Indian or Burr Gherkin (Cucumis anguria), which produces a somewhat smaller fruit than the garden cucumber (Cucumis sativus).

Pliny also describes the preparation of a medication known as elaterium, though some scholars believe he was referring to Ecballium elaterium, known in pre-Linnean times as "Cucumis silvestris" or "Cucumis asininus" ("wild cucumber" or "donkey cucumber"), a species different from the common cucumber.