WINTERMELON

Winter melon

The winter melon, also called white gourd, winter gourd, or ash gourd, is a vine grown for its very large fruit, eaten as a vegetable when mature. It is the only member of the genus Benincasa. The fruit is fuzzy when young. The immature melon has thick white flesh that is sweet when eaten. By maturity, the fruit loses its hairs and develops a waxy coating, giving rise to the name wax gourd, and providing a long shelf life. The melon may grow as large as 80 cm in length. Although the fruit is referred to as a "melon," the fully grown crop is not sweet. Originally ...

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winter melon

Noun

  1. A vine of the genus Benincasa cultivated throughout Asia.
  2. A green, fuzzy melon fruit taken from this vine that has sweet white flesh.


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