Benincasa
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See also: benincasa
Translingual
[edit]Etymology
[edit]After the 16th century botanist Joseph Goedenhuyze, aka Giuseppe Benincasa, (1535-1596), who founded the Botanic Garden in Pisa.
Proper noun
[edit]Benincasa f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Cucurbitaceae – the winter melon.
Hypernyms
[edit]- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids – clades; Cucurbitales – order; Cucurbitaceae – family; Cucurbitoideae - subfamily; Benincaseae - tribe; Benincasinae - subtribe
Hyponyms
[edit]- (genus): Benincasa pruriens (sole species) in two forms
References
[edit]- Winter melon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Benincasa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Benincasa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Benincasa at USDA Plants database