Melons
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Melons [1]
mel´unz ( אבטּחים , 'ăbhaṭṭı̄ḥı̄m ; compare Arabic battikh , the "water melon"; πέπονες , pépones ): In Numbers 11:5 , the melon is referred to as common in Egypt, and there can be no doubt that the variety indicated is the watermelon ( Citrullus vulgaris ) which is indigenous in tropical Africa. It has been cultivated in Egypt since the earliest times.
