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MELON [33 records]

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Record 1 2025-05-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Plant and Crop Production
Universal entry(ies)
Cucumis melo var. flexuosus
Latin
CONT

Cucumis melo has a number of botanical varieties .... Flexuosus has long, slender, sinuous fruits which vary from 1 to 3 inches in diameter, and from 18 to 36 inches in length, justifying the name snake or serpent melon. They are used either for preserves or as a curiosity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Cultures (Agriculture)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Cucumis melo var. flexuosus
Latin
CONT

Le melon serpent vous ravira par sa grande taille (à la fois buisson et fruit), son rendement précoce et élevé et son excellent goût. Les tiges de vigne peuvent atteindre jusqu'à 4 m de longueur, formant de nombreuses branches latérales rigides. Les feuilles de melon ressemblent davantage aux feuilles de concombre (même forme et à pubescence laineuse), mais beaucoup plus grandes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
  • Producción vegetal
Entrada(s) universal(es)
Cucumis melo var. flexuosus
Latin
OBS

Planta de la familia de las cucurbitáceas, género cucumis.

OBS

A pesar de su forma y sabor, se trata de una variedad de melón y no de pepino.

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Record 2 2021-05-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
Solanum citrullifolium
Latin
OBS

A plant of the family Solanaceae.

Key term(s)
  • water-melon night shade
  • melon-leaf night shade
  • melon-leaved nightshade
  • melon-leaved night shade

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Solanum citrullifolium
Latin
OBS

Plante de la famille des Solanaceae.

Spanish

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Record 3 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

derby: an item in the "Clothing" class of the "Personal Objects" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

chapeau melon : objet de la classe «Vêtements» de la catégorie «Objets personnels».

Spanish

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Record 4 2016-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Vegetable Crop Production
Universal entry(ies)
Citrullus vulgaris
Latin
Citrullus lanatus
Latin
DEF

Citrullus vulgaris, family Cucurbitaceae, a tropical, tender, annual, herbaceous vine of almost innumerable varieties, grown as an important cash crop for its very popular fruit, the watermelon of commerce. Native to South Africa.

OBS

Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum and Nakai; Citrullus vulgaris (Schrad.)

Key term(s)
  • water melon

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Production légumière
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Citrullus vulgaris
Latin
Citrullus lanatus
Latin
OBS

Citrullus lanatus (Thunberg) Mansfeld; syn. Citrullus vulgaris (Schrader).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
  • Producción hortícola
Entrada(s) universal(es)
Citrullus vulgaris
Latin
Citrullus lanatus
Latin
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Record 5 2016-03-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Culture of Fruit Trees
Universal entry(ies)
Cucumis melo reticulatus
Latin

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Arboriculture fruitière
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Cucumis melo reticulatus
Latin
OBS

On appelle ainsi les melons dont les fruits présentent sur l'écorce des marques rappelant des broderies.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
  • Fruticultura
Entrada(s) universal(es)
Cucumis melo reticulatus
Latin
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Record 6 2016-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
Universal entry(ies)
Citrullus vulgaris, var. citroides
Latin
DEF

A tropical annual, herbaceous vine, grown for its small fruit, the hard flesh of which is used in making preserves. Native to Africa.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Citrullus vulgaris, var. citroides
Latin
DEF

Variété de melon d'eau utilisée uniquement pour confire.

Spanish

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Record 7 2016-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Vegetable Crop Production
Universal entry(ies)
Momordica charantia
Latin
DEF

A clear, green vegetable, it is about the size of a cucumber and possesses a wrinkled surface. Inside is a layer of white or pink spongy pulp and seeds. Six to eight inches long, used for soup or fried with beef.

OBS

Fruit is bitter, but cooked and eaten in the Orient.

OBS

[Tendril-bearing vines] widespread in tropics; naturalized in se. U.S. [Momordica charantia] is the more commonly cultured species. Juice from fruit and leaves has been used medicinally.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Production légumière
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Momordica charantia
Latin
OBS

De saveur très amère, ils ne sont appréciés comme légumes que par une minorité de consommateurs [...] Aux Indes, dont la plante est originaire (d'où l'autre nom antillais de Pomme coolie), c'est un légume très apprécié.

OBS

Les graines utilisées comme vermifuge en médecine indigène (régions tropicales) contiennent une huile siccative.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
  • Producción hortícola
Entrada(s) universal(es)
Momordica charantia
Latin
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Record 8 2016-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)
Aphis gossypii
Latin
Key term(s)
  • melon cotton aphid
  • melon-cotton aphid

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Aphis gossypii
Latin
OBS

Auteur : Glover (Glov.).

Key term(s)
  • puceron du melon et du cotonnier

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Insectos, ciempiés, arañas y escorpiones
Entrada(s) universal(es)
Aphis gossypii
Latin
Key term(s)
  • pulgón del melón y del algodón
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Record 9 2016-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Culture of Fruit Trees
Universal entry(ies)
Citrullus Melo var. inodorus Naud
Latin

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Arboriculture fruitière
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Citrullus Melo var. inodorus Naud
Latin

Spanish

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Record 10 2016-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Culture of Fruit Trees
Universal entry(ies)
Citrullus Melo var. saccharinus Naud
Latin

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Arboriculture fruitière
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Citrullus Melo var. saccharinus Naud
Latin

Spanish

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Record 11 2016-01-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Zoology
Universal entry(ies)
Diaphania hyalinata
Latin

French

Domaine(s)
  • Zoologie
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Diaphania hyalinata
Latin

Spanish

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Record 12 2016-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Culture of Fruit Trees
Universal entry(ies)
Cucumis melo
Latin
CONT

A sweet musky-odored edible melon that is the fruit of a trailing or climbing Asiatic herbaceous vine (Cucumis melo).

OBS

Cucumis Melo (L.)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Arboriculture fruitière
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Cucumis melo
Latin
OBS

Cucumis Melo (Linnaeus).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
  • Fruticultura
Entrada(s) universal(es)
Cucumis melo
Latin
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Record 13 2013-10-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hats and Millinery
  • Men's Clothing
DEF

A man's stiff hat having a rounded crown and narrow brim.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chapellerie
  • Vêtements pour hommes
DEF

Chapeau d'homme en feutre rigide, de forme ronde et bombée.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sombrerería
  • Ropa para caballeros
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Record 14 2009-04-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cosmetology
  • Personal Esthetics
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
Universal entry(ies)
90063-94-8
CAS number
CONT

Cucumis Melo Extract is an extract of the fruit of the melon, Cucumis melo, Cucurbitaceae. Function: soothing.

Key term(s)
  • extract of Cucumis melo

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cosmétologie
  • Esthétique et soins corporels
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
90063-94-8
CAS number
OBS

Extrait des fruits du melon, Cucumis melo, Cucurbitacées. Usage : agent apaisant.

Spanish

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Record 15 2008-03-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fruits and Vegetables (Types and Processing - Food Ind.)
DEF

A variety of melon with a smooth, whitish rind and very sweet, greenish flesh.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fruits et légumes (Types et traitement - Alimentation)
DEF

Melon dont l'écorce lisse et ferme passe du vert pâle au jaune crème en mûrissant [et dont la] chair de couleur verte est très sucrée.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Frutas y verduras (Tipos y procesamiento - Ind. alimentaria)
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Record 16 2007-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fruits and Vegetables (Types and Processing - Food Ind.)
CONT

The Santa Claus or Christmas melon looks like a small watermelon, but has the flesh of a honeydew.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fruits et légumes (Types et traitement - Alimentation)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Frutas y verduras (Tipos y procesamiento - Ind. alimentaria)
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Record 17 2007-05-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fruits and Vegetables (Types and Processing - Food Ind.)
DEF

A dark green melon with a dense, grey network on the skin and firm orange-coloured flesh full of flavour.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fruits et légumes (Types et traitement - Alimentation)
DEF

Melon du Moyen-Orient globulaire, à l'écorce verdâtre recouvert d'un fin filet et à la chair orange, au goût doux et sucré.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Frutas y verduras (Tipos y procesamiento - Ind. alimentaria)
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Record 18 2002-10-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Diseases

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies des plantes

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Enfermedades de las plantas
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Record 19 2001-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Industries
  • Fruits and Vegetables (Types and Processing - Food Ind.)
CONT

The melon's roots can be traced back to varieties brought over by French settlers in the seventeenth century. In its heyday, half a century ago, the Montreal melon was the Queen of Melons. Its delicious, green flesh was prized in the fancy dining rooms of New York and Boston, where customers would pay a big price for the pleasure of eating just a single juicy slice. A 1938 handbook Vegetables of New York claimed that "handled skillfully and intelligently, the melon produces the largest fruits of its type in American cultivation." A single melon could easily reach 15 pounds! And its unique spicy flavour was the reason it was also known as "The Montreal Nutmeg Melon."

CONT

Unfortunately, it is all too easy to lose varieties which contain unique genes; for instance the "Montreal melon", once renowned for its special taste and sold in New York for exorbitant prices, has disappeared without a trace.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
  • Fruits et légumes (Types et traitement - Alimentation)

Spanish

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Record 20 1997-08-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horticulture
  • Culture of Fruit Trees
DEF

The horned melon, a New Zealand fruit with a spiky yellow skin and green flesh.

OBS

Latin term (Cucumis metuliferous).

Key term(s)
  • Cucumis metuliferous

French

Domaine(s)
  • Horticulture
  • Arboriculture fruitière
OBS

Terme Latin (Cucumis metuliferous).

OBS

Cucurbitacée, originaire d'Afrique australe. Fructification d'une culture à plat. À maturité, la couleur de l'épiderme évolue vers un orange brillant. Les graines, ressemblant à celles du concombre sont entourées par une pulpe hyaline d'une couleur vert clair.

OBS

Fruit épineux au goût exotique. La culture commerciale s'est développée en Nouvelle-Zélande depuis 1982. Le nom kiwan donné par les N.-Z. suggère des vertus commune au kiwi.

Spanish

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Record 21 1995-08-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Industries
  • Horticulture
OBS

This large gourd is a native of Java.... The fruits are covered with fine white silky hairs when young and are waxy white when mature.

OBS

Melon is used to describe the family (gourd family)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
  • Horticulture
OBS

Courge orientale. Bien qu'on les appelle melons, ce sont plus spécifiquement des variétés de courges (cucurbitacées) originaires des régions tropicales du Sud-Est asiatique.

Spanish

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Record 22 1995-06-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Household Articles - Various
DEF

A useful little implement which has a handle in the middle and a hollow scoop at either end, one which is larger than the other.

DEF

These small, bowl-shaped cutting tools come in round or oval shapes and can be used for ... papayas, apples, pears, carrots [and] potatoes.

CONT

Cut the melon flesh into small pieces of equal size or use a melon baller.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Articles ménagers divers
DEF

Outil composé d'un manche et terminé par une petite cuillère dont la grosseur et la forme peuvent varier.

CONT

La cuiller parisienne, [...] ovale, cannelée ou ronde, sert à lever des boules dans les pommes de terre, les carottes et les fruits (pommes ou melons).

CONT

Brosser et laver les pommes de terre, les couper en 2 sur la longueur. [...] Avec la cuiller parisienne, creuser un trou dans chaque morceau.

Spanish

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Record 23 1994-09-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Kitchen Utensils
DEF

Special utensil used to cut the fruit of melons into attractive ball shapes, has both a large and a small bowl.

Key term(s)
  • melon ball scoop
  • melon ball cutter

French

Domaine(s)
  • Batterie de cuisine
OBS

Outil comportant des coquilles tranchantes en acier inoxydable, une grande et une petite pour tailler des boules de melon ou pomme-de-terre

Spanish

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Record 24 1993-02-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Collection Items (Museums and Heritage)
  • Eating Utensils and Cutlery

French

Domaine(s)
  • Objets de collection (Muséologie et Patrimoine)
  • Couverts et coutellerie

Spanish

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Record 25 1991-04-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Industries
DEF

Any of several long-keeping winter melons having a yellow rind and sweet flesh.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
OBS

variété de melon de fin de saison

Spanish

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Record 26 1990-07-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vegetable Crop Production

French

Domaine(s)
  • Production légumière

Spanish

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Record 27 1990-07-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fruits and Vegetables (Types and Processing - Food Ind.)
OBS

A new variety of watermelon on the market.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fruits et légumes (Types et traitement - Alimentation)
OBS

Catalogue de semences Perron.

Spanish

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Record 28 1988-04-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fruits and Vegetables (Types and Processing - Food Ind.)
CONT

Spanish water melon often sold as Honeydew. Bright yellow skin and in season at the same time as the more expensive Honeydew.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fruits et légumes (Types et traitement - Alimentation)

Spanish

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Record 29 1988-04-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fruits and Vegetables (Types and Processing - Food Ind.)
OBS

The Canary melon has ocher-coloured skin and pale green flesh. It is longer than a honeydew melon.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fruits et légumes (Types et traitement - Alimentation)

Spanish

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Record 30 1986-12-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mammals
CONT

... an adipose cushion, more or less well developed, in the snout region above the upper jaw ... the melon.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mammifères
CONT

Les représentants de ce sous-ordre [odontocètes] possèdent, sur l'aspect dorsal de leur rostre, une masse adipeuse à structure complexe et plus ou moins développée selon les espèces : le melon.

Spanish

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Record 31 1984-11-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Goldsmithing and Silversmithing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Orfèvrerie et argenterie
OBS

- décor côtes de melon ou décor en relief côtes de melon selon qu'il s'agit d'un fond plan ou d'un décor en relief. (Mme Calvert, Termino).

Spanish

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Record 32 1978-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fruits and Vegetables (Types and Processing - Food Ind.)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fruits et légumes (Types et traitement - Alimentation)
OBS

Terme obtenu de M. Dermine, réviseur au Ministère de l'agriculture.

Spanish

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Record 33 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
OBS

Genre de coquillage.

Spanish

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