melon

any of various plants of the family Cucurbitaceae with sweet, edible, and fleshy fruit
Thing type_of_fruit Q5881191
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melon

Summary

melon is a type of fruit[1]. melon draws 2,419 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_fruit category, ranking #6 of 23).[2]

Key Facts

  • melon's instance of is recorded as type of fruit[3].
  • melon is a type of vegetable[4].
  • melon is a type of pepo[5].
  • melon is a type of fruit[6].
  • melon's Commons category is recorded as Melons[7].
  • melon's said to be the same as is recorded as Poliz[8].
  • melon's Unicode character is recorded as 🍈[9].
  • melon's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Melons[10].
  • melon's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng[11].
  • melon's described by source is recorded as National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan[12].
  • melon's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[13].
  • melon's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14].
  • melon's natural product of taxon is recorded as Benincasa[15].
  • melon's natural product of taxon is recorded as Citrullus[16].
  • melon's natural product of taxon is recorded as Cucumis[17].
  • melon's natural product of taxon is recorded as Cucumis melo[18].

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Definition and Type

melon's instance of is recorded as type of fruit[3]. Recorded subclass of include vegetable[4], pepo[5], and fruit[6].

Influence

Things named for melon include Melon Day[19], a holiday[20], in Turkmenistan[21].

Why It Matters

melon draws 2,419 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_fruit category, ranking #6 of 23).[2] melon has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] melon is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

Entities named for melon include Melon Day[19], a holiday[20], in Turkmenistan[21].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [19] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as Poliz
    Instance of
    Subclass of vegetable, pepo, fruit
    Natural product of taxon Benincasa, Citrullus, Cucumis +1
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 26017, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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