melon
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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
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Within Vinony's link graph, melon is referenced by 580 other articles, and connects out to Cucumis melo, Food and Agriculture Organization and berry.
It sits within the topics Accuracy disputes from November 2011, Cucurbitaceae and Fruits originating in Africa.
Its subject is documented across 35 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Subclass of
- fruit
- Image
- Cantaloupe and canary melon.jpg
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- natural product of taxon
- Cucumis melo
- Unicode character
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- Commons category
- Melons
- topic's main category
- Category:Melons
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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