Cucumis - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: cucumisCucumber
A creeping plant and its fruit of several species of the genus Cucumis esp Cucumis sativus the unripe fruit of which is eaten either fresh or picked Also similar plants or fruits of several other genera See below...
Honeydew melon
A type of winter melon Cucumis melo inodorus related to the muskmelon Cucumis melo reticulatus but having a smooth pale yellowish green rind and sweet juicy light green flesh It is slightly ovoid in shape commonly about 8 to 10 inches long on the long axis...
Colocynth
The light spongy pulp of the fruit of the bitter cucumber Citrullus colocynthis or Cucumis colocynthis an Asiatic plant allied to the watermelon coloquintida It comes in white balls is intensely bitter and a powerful cathartic Called also bitter apple bitter cucumber bitter gourd...
Cucumis
A genus of plants including the cucumber melon and same kinds of gourds...
Muskmelon
The fruit of a cucurbitaceous plant Cucumis Melo of the gourd family having a peculiar aromatic flavor and cultivated in many varieties the principal sorts being the cantaloupe of oval form and yellowish flesh and the smaller nutmeg melon with greenish flesh See Illust of Melon...
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