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    CUCUMIS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Cucumbers; muskmelonsplay

    Synonyms:

    Cucumis; genus Cucumis

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Cucumis" is a kind of...):

    dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

    Meronyms (members of "Cucumis"):

    Cucumis melo; muskmelon; sweet melon; sweet melon vine (any of several varieties of vine whose fruit has a netted rind and edible flesh and a musky smell)

    cucumber; cucumber vine; Cucumis sativus (a melon vine of the genus Cucumis; cultivated from earliest times for its cylindrical green fruit)

    Holonyms ("Cucumis" is a member of...):

    Cucurbitaceae; family Cucurbitaceae; gourd family (a family of herbaceous vines (such as cucumber or melon or squash or pumpkin))

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