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Benincasa
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benincasa
Translingual
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Etymology
After the 16th century botanist Joseph Goedenhuyze, aka Giuseppe Benincasa, (1535-1596), who founded the Botanic Garden in Pisa.
Proper noun
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genus family Cucurbitaceae the winter melon
Hypernyms
genus ; Cucurbitoideae subfamily - subfamily; Benincaseae tribe - tribe; Benincasinae subtribe - subtribe
Hyponyms
genus Benincasa pruriens species (sole species) in two forms
References
Winter melon
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BENIN
mul Gourd family plants