Melothria
noun
Me·lothria
mə̇ˈläthrēə,
-lōth-
: a genus of chiefly tropical monoecious herbaceous vines (family Cucurbitaceae) with white or yellow flowers, an elongated ovary, and a fruit resembling a typical berry that are cultivated as ornamentals
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Greek mēlōthron, a kind of white grape + New Latin -ia