n.
[L., cucumber.]
(Bot.) A genus of plants including the cucumber, melon, and same kinds of gourds.
Cucumis
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A genus in the plant family Cucurbitaceae. The cucumbers. Contain toxic tetracyclic triterpenes which cause enteritis and diarrhea, possibly blindness in horses. Includes C. africanus, C. melo var. agrostis (C. picrocarpus, C. trigonus, Ulcardo melon), C. myriocarpus (prickly paddymelon), C. sativus.
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
cucumbers; muskmelons
Synonym: genus Cucumis
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Cucumis is a genus of twining, tendril-bearing plants in the Cucurbitaceae family which includes the cucumber, true melons, the horned melon, and Cucumis anguria, the West Indian gherkin.
See also
- Cucumber
- Melon
- Horned melon
- Bailan melon
- Cantaloupe
- Galia
- Hami Melon
- Honeydew
- Muskmelon
- Piel de Sapo
- Sugar melon
- Winter melon
- Cuculope, or Cucumber Melon
References
- Ghebretinsae, A. G., Thulin, M. & Barber, J. C. (2007). Relationships of cucumbers and melons unraveled: molecular phylogenetics of Cucumis and related genera (Benincaseae, Cucurbitaceae). American Journal of Botany 94(7): 1256–1266.
- Renner, S. S., Schaefer, H. & Kocyan, A. (2007). "Phylogenetics of Cucumis (Cucurbitaceae): Cucumber (C. sativus) belongs in an Asian/Australian clade far from melon (C. melo)". BMC Evolutionary Biology 7: 58–69. doi:.
- Renner, S. S., and H. Schaefer. 2008. Phylogenetics of Cucumis (Cucurbitaceae) as understood in 2008. Pitrat M. (ed): Cucurbitaceae 2008, Proceedings of the IXth EUCARPIA meeting on genetics and breeding of Cucurbitaceae, Avignon (France), May 21-24th, 2008, pp. 53-58. (online Available at inra.fr)
External links
- Multilingual taxonomic information at the University of Melbourne
- TSN 22359. Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
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