Melons

thumb|Naturalized in Australia

species of plant

species of plant in the family Cucurbitaceae

species of plant, winter melon

thumb|American Western cantaloupe (muskmelon)

annual vine in the cucumber and melon family

thumb|upright=1.35|Canary melon and [[cantaloupe]] A melon is any of various plants of the family Cucurbitaceae with sweet, edible, and fleshy fruit. It can also specifically refer to Cucumis melo, commonly known as the "true melon" or simply "melon". The term "melon" can apply to both the plant and its fruit. Botanically, a melon is a kind of berry, specifically a "pepo". The word melon derives from Latin '', which is the latinization of the Greek (mēlopepōn), meaning "melon", itself a compound of (mēlon), "apple", treefruit (of any kind)" and (pepōn''), amongst others "a kind of gourd or mel

cultivar group of the muskmelon, Cucumis melo Inodorus group

Type of melon, grown and eaten in East Asia.

species of plant

muskmelon

species of plant

type of melon

hybrid melon

observance in Turkmenistan; second Sunday in August

melon cultivar

species of plant

species of plant

melon cultivar

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