Melons in genus Cucumis are culinary fruits, and include the majority of culinary melons. All but a handful of culinary melon varieties belong to the species Cucumis melo L. Horned melon (C. metuliferus), a traditional food plant in Africa with distinctive spikes.
A bunionette , or tailor's bunion, is one that develops at the base of the little toe. When the long bone that connects to the toe (metatarsal ) bends away from the foot, the little toe bends inward and the joint swells or enlarges. Other factors that can lead to a bunion include: Loose ligaments in the foot.
countable noun. 1  A bunion is a large painful lump on the first joint of a person's big toe. 2  swelling of the first joint of the big toe, which is displaced to one side. 3  an inflammation and swelling of the bursa at the base of the big toe, with a thickening of the skin.