Template talk:Melons

What is a melon?
What should be covered in this template? Currently, it seems to cover all edible cucurbits except for Squashes (Cucurbita) and Cucumbers. There are various definitions, but I don't see that the coverage of the article really conforms to any common definition.

Melon could mean:


 * A) Any edible cucurbit
 * B) Any edible cucurbit with a common name including the word melon
 * C) Any sweet edible cucurbit (i.e., cucurbits used as culinary fruit)
 * D) Watermelons and musk-melons specifically (Citrullus lanatus and Cucumis melo)

This article seems to be using definition B. Definitions C & D are more in line with how most dictionaries define melon. Bitter melons and Winter melons are also called bitter/winter gourds, probably precisely because they don't correspond to the common definition of melon as a sweet fruit. I'd like to remove the the non-sweet "melons" from this list.Plantdrew (talk) 22:25, 13 December 2012 (UTC)


 * If we didn't remove non-sweet ones, logically we'd have to add Armenian cucumber. —Keenan Pepper 22:15, 9 June 2017 (UTC)