Benincasa
See also: benincasa
Translingual
Etymology
After the 16th century botanist Joseph Goedenhuyze, aka Giuseppe Benincasa, (1535-1596), who founded the Botanic Garden in Pisa.
Proper noun
Benincasa f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Cucurbitaceae – the winter melon.
Hypernyms
- (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
- (genus): Benincasa pruriens (sole species) in two forms
References
Winter melon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Benincasa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Benincasa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Benincasa at USDA Plants database