It's chinese name would be dong gua . Hence me thinking the english term for it is Winter melon. I moved eons ago. Please don't freak me out. My apologies, but I can't translate the damn kanji.
Cups runneth over.
Not very practical, me laddie. I shall shut up now. This is starting to get out of cups, I mean, hand. Go ahead and love me. If you have no voice, scream.