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Definition of Cucumis
1. Noun. Cucumbers; muskmelons.
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Cucurbitaceae, Family Cucurbitaceae, Gourd Family
Member holonyms: Cucumis Melo, Muskmelon, Sweet Melon, Sweet Melon Vine, Cucumber, Cucumber Vine, Cucumis Sativus
Definition of Cucumis
1. n. A genus of plants including the cucumber, melon, and same kinds of gourds.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cucumis
Literary usage of Cucumis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ctenophores of the Atlantic Coast of North America by Alfred Goldsborough Mayer (1912)
"In September, 1910, I visited Newfoundland in order to examine a sufficiently
large number of B. cucumis to be assured that it is actually specifically ..."
2. Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial by Edward Balfour (1871)
"cucumis. A genus of plante belonging to he и at. order ... The Indian species of
cucumis are С. integrifolius. С. meló. С. momordica. ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... species cucumis châle (cf. Arab, qith- tAa), indigenous in Egypt; C. sativus is
also extensively cultivated in Palestine. Cummin, Heb. kamman, Arab, ..."
4. The Plants of the Bible by John Hutton Balfour (1885)
"(cucumis melo, Linn.) "We remember...the cucumbers and the melons."—NUM. xi. ...
The plant referred to is the cucumis melo of botanists, the common melon; ..."
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