cucumis sativus

English Thesaurus

1. a melon vine of the genus Cucumis; cultivated from earliest times for its cylindrical green fruit (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	melon, melon vine,
definition	:	any of various fruit of cucurbitaceous vines including: muskmelons; watermelons; cantaloupes; cucumbers (noun.plant)

part holonym	:	cucumber, cuke,
definition	:	cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons (noun.food)

member meronym	:	cucumis, genus cucumis,
definition	:	cucumbers; muskmelons (noun.plant)