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Melon

/ˈmɛlən/

Any of various plants of the family Cucurbitaceae grown for food, generally not including the cucumber.

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📖 Definitions of "Melon"

noun

1
Any of various plants of the family Cucurbitaceae grown for food, generally not including the cucumber.
2
The fruit of such plants.
3
A light pinkish orange colour, like that of some melon flesh.
4
(usually in the plural) Breasts.

adjective

1
Of a light pinkish orange colour, like that of melon flesh.

🔄 Synonyms of "Melon"

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Word	Definition
melon vinenoun	any of various fruit of cucurbitaceous vines including: muskmelons; watermelons; cantaloupes; cucumbers

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Melon"

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Word	Definition
melon vinenoun	any of various fruit of cucurbitaceous vines including: muskmelons; watermelons; cantaloupes; cucumbers
casabanoun	A cultivar of the muskmelon (Cucumis melo), with bright yellow, wrinkled skin.
cantaloupenoun	(Australia, Canada, US) Reticulatus Group (now merged into Cantalupensis Group), with strongly netted rind, also known as American cantaloupe, muskmelon or rockmelon.
watermelonnoun	The fruit of the watermelon plant, having a green rind and watery flesh that is typically bright red when ripe and contains black seeds.
calabashnoun	A container made from the mature, dried shell of the fruit of one of the above plants; also, a similarly shaped container made from some other material.
honeydewnoun	(uncountable) A sweet, sticky substance deposited on leaves and other plant parts by insects (especially aphids and scale insects) feeding on plant sap, or by fungi.
melonoun	A city in Uruguay, capital of the department of Cerro Largo
bowlernoun	(bowling) One who engages in the sport of bowling.
marianoun	A female given name from Hebrew.
gourdnoun	Any of the trailing or climbing vines producing fruit with a hard rind or shell, from the genera Lagenaria and Cucurbita (in Cucurbitaceae).
squashnoun	(uncountable) A sport played in a walled court with a soft rubber ball and bats like tennis racquets.
mallownoun	Any of a group of flowering plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae, especially of the genus Malva. Several species are edible by humans.
horned melonnoun	The fruit of the horned melon plant, having yellow-orange skin and lime green, jelly-like flesh with a tart taste, and texture similar to a cucumber.
applenoun	A common, firm, round fruit produced by a tree of the genus Malus.
muskmelonnoun	A true melon (Cucumis melo), especially one with sweet flesh
mouse melonnoun	cucamelon
mushmelonnoun	(nonstandard) muskmelon
canteloupenoun	Alternative form of cantaloupe. [Cucumis melo Cantalupensis Group, a cultivar group melon with sweet aromatic orange flesh, including two main types:]
banana melonnoun	An heirloom melon in the genus Cucumis, having an elongated, pointed shape, yellow rind, salmon-colored flesh, and strong banana-like scent.
dudaimnoun	A variety of the melon Cucumis melo.