melon
The melon is the Chinese name of the fruit of the cucurbitaceae and the papaya, some of which are fruits and some are vegetables. China in the Spring and Autumn Period that there are records of melon. The Book of Songs. Daya. Cotton ":" cotton melon melon, the people of the new students, since the earth Ju paint. "" The Book of Songs. Keep the wind. July "there is" July melon, August off pot "narrative. Qi Xianggong dispatched even with the tube to the father of the defenders Cai Qiu (now Linzi County, Shandong Province). A year later, even said with the tube to the father in Cai Qiu eat melon, think of the past Qi Xianggong commitment to the arrival of melon when sent to succeed. Results Qi Xianggong words. And finally even said with the tube to the father from the rebellion. Wang Zhen "agricultural book" cloud: "melon goods are many, can not be enumerated. To name, there are dragon liver, tiger palm, rabbit head, raccoon head, sheep, honey tube called; There are melon, white group, yellow, white, small green, big spot of the other, but its taste, not beyond the sweet incense. "" Melon "Chinese words more broadly. To find a variety of "melon" in English, to find the categories include: melons, gourds, squarshes.