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1526:Yubari King
1419:Santa Claus
1042:HortScience
744:Garo people
734:Mizo people
593:watermelons
239:Thiamine (B
1664:Categories
1544:Melon ball
1537:and dishes
1471:Charentais
1445:(cucumber)
1443:C. sativus
1374:Cantaloupe
1369:Barattiere
1308:and dishes
1266:Watermelon
1260:C. lanatus
1217:B. hispida
940:2021-01-25
906:2021-01-25
876:2024-06-21
829:2024-03-28
797:References
625:B vitamins
604:rind color
447:Phosphorus
1601:Melon Day
1454:Cultivars
1379:Carosello
1274:C. amarus
1243:Citrullus
1200:Benincasa
1062:0018-5345
1005:Honeydews
992:1065-7258
730:Hualaishi
629:potassium
617:vitamin C
611:Nutrition
460:Potassium
434:Manganese
421:Magnesium
353:Vitamin K
340:Vitamin C
323:Folate (B
307:Vitamin B
273:Niacin (B
1636:Category
1589:See also
1535:Products
1506:Montreal
1409:Honeydew
1389:Oriental
1306:Products
1008:Archived
870:Archived
866:30844154
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765:See also
748:Chindire
441:0.027 mg
381:Quantity
375:Minerals
317:0.088 mg
301:0.155 mg
284:0.418 mg
267:0.012 mg
250:0.038 mg
225:Quantity
219:Vitamins
32:Honeydew
1648:Commons
1414:Persian
1397:C. melo
1362:C. melo
1354:Species
1345:Cucumis
1252:Species
1209:Species
732:). The
722:Wallace
676:Lanzhou
661:Algeria
633:bananas
581:dessert
562:melon.
493:0.09 mg
415:0.17 mg
395:Calcium
185:Protein
57:Species
1675:Melons
1549:Midori
1516:Sprite
1491:Kajari
1466:Banana
1461:Bailan
1404:Canary
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739:Hmazil
726:pinyin
560:casaba
473:Sodium
467:228 mg
360:2.9 ÎĽg
192:0.54 g
168:0.14 g
135:8.12 g
131:Sugars
124:9.09 g
101:Energy
80:Origin
1521:Sugar
1501:Mirza
1476:Crane
1384:Galia
1315:Egusi
1191:Melon
759:Chile
680:Gansu
668:China
577:seeds
573:fruit
480:18 mg
454:11 mg
428:10 mg
347:18 mg
334:19 ÎĽg
145:0.8 g
1486:Hami
1481:Gaya
1133:ISBN
1058:ISSN
988:ISSN
862:PMID
852:ISBN
752:Te'e
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486:Zinc
408:Iron
402:6 mg
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