Melon

A melon is any kind of edible, fleshy fruit in the Cucurbitaceae family. Many different cultivars have been produced, especially of muskmelons. Botanically speaking, the melon is a fruit, but some kinds are often considered vegetables. Most melons belong to the genus Cucumis, but there are also some that belong to Benincasa, Citrullus and Momordica. The muskmelon belongs to Cucumis, while the watermelon belongs to Citrullus.

The word melon comes from the Latin melopepo,^[1] which itself comes from the Greek μηλοπέπων (mēlopepon).^[2]

1. ↑ Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short (1879). "melopepo". A Latin Dictionary. Oxford University Press.
2. ↑ Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott (1925). "μηλοπέπων". A Greek-English Lexicon (ninth ed.). Oxford University Press.