Codon vs Anticodon. Everything about living beings has been defined by a series of information in the basic genetic materials that are DNA and RNA. This information has been laid out in DNA or RNA strands in an extremely characteristic sequence for each individual living being.
All melons are gourds, but not all gourds are melons. According to Wikipedia (Gourd, Melon), gourds are âplants of the family Cucurbitaceaeâ while melons are âany of various plants of the family Cucurbitaceae with edible, fleshy fruitâ. So the main distinction is that melons are edible.
Melons are all Cucumbers (Cucurbits or Cucurbitaceae) to the botanist, along with squash, gourds and actual cucumbers. To the agriculturist they are are all vine crops. All are technically fruit but in culinary practice all are treated as vegetables except the melons which are treated as fruit.