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Cucumis melo

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EKI Combined Dictionary 2026

Last modified 29.02.2020

Meanings

mitmesuguse kujuga magusamaitselisi mahlakaid vilju kasvatav troopikataim, eriti harilik melon (Cucumis melo subsp. melo)

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ID 704326 Last modified 30.12.2004
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Domain fruitclassified botany
  • Aafrika ja troopilise Aasia söödavate viljadega taim; selle taime kurgitaoline vili
  • the large round fruit of various plants of the gourd family, with sweet pulpy flesh and many seeds (honeydew melon, watermelon)
  • a name common to several kinds of gourds, esp. the musk melon, Cucumis Melo, and the water melon, Citrullus vulgaris. (Applied both to the fruit and to the plant producing it.)
melon
melon
Usage examples
  • Field scale fresh vegetables, melons and strawberries grown in the open: crops grown in rotation with agricultural crops ...
melon
Melon
meloni

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