Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several varieties of the melon Cucumis melo, such as the cantaloupe, having fruit characterized by a netted rind and edible flesh with a musky aroma.
- noun The fruit of any of these plants.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A well-known plant, Cucumis Melo, and its fruit.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) The fruit of a cucurbitaceous plant (
Cucumis Melo ) of the gourd family, having a peculiar aromatic flavor, and cultivated in many varieties, the principal sorts being the cantaloupe, of oval form and yellowish flesh, and the smaller nutmeg melon with greenish flesh. SeeIllust. ofmelon .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A type of
melon , Cucumis melo reticulatus, with sweet orange flesh and a rough skin resembling netting. Also known ascantaloupe .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of several varieties of vine whose fruit has a netted rind and edible flesh and a musky smell
- noun the fruit of a muskmelon vine; any of several sweet melons related to cucumbers
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Examples
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The muskmelon was the largest, measuring eighteen in length, fifteen around the small end and nineteen around the large end.
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Only the cantaloupe, properly called the muskmelon, matures fast enough - in 75 to 85 days - to be suitable for planting in areas with shorter growing seasons.
Reader's Digest 2010
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The sucker arrived all decked out in a gray suit and stomp boots, with arajhat stuck on his head that looked more like the rind of a muskmelon shagged from some dumpster.
The Invasion Of Iraq Robert Crisman 2010
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Shading to emphasize the round fullness of a muskmelon.
The Kitchen Daughter Jael McHenry 2011
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Shading to emphasize the round fullness of a muskmelon.
The Kitchen Daughter Jael McHenry 2011
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His heart was as hard and big as a muskmelon in his chest, hammering against his ribs, bursting with adrenaline, his strength almost superhuman.
The Glass Rainbow James Lee Burke 2010
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His heart was as hard and big as a muskmelon in his chest, hammering against his ribs, bursting with adrenaline, his strength almost superhuman.
The Glass Rainbow James Lee Burke 2010
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His heart was as hard and big as a muskmelon in his chest, hammering against his ribs, bursting with adrenaline, his strength almost superhuman.
The Glass Rainbow James Lee Burke 2010
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His heart was as hard and big as a muskmelon in his chest, hammering against his ribs, bursting with adrenaline, his strength almost superhuman.
The Glass Rainbow James Lee Burke 2010
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What you'd really like is a Tollhouse cookie or some muskmelon, cut into chunks.
Cancer Arm 2009
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