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 Category:Benincasa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Benincasa at USDA Plants database