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muskmelon
n.
aromatic melon with sweet juicy flesh; plant bearing the muskmelon; cantaloupe
Muskmelon
Muskmelon (
Cucumis melo) is a species of
melon that has been developed into many cultivated varieties. These include smooth-skinned varieties such as
honeydew, Crenshaw, and casaba, and different netted
cultivars (
cantaloupe,
Persian melon, and
Santa Claus or Christmas melon). The
Armenian cucumber is also a variety of muskmelon, but its shape, taste, and culinary uses more closely resemble those of a
cucumber. The large number of cultivars in this species approaches that found in
wild cabbage, though morphological variation is not as extensive. It is a
fruit of a type called
pepo.
muskmelon
Noun
1. any of several varieties of vine whose fruit has a netted rind and edible flesh and a musky smell
(synonym) sweet melon, sweet melon vine, Cucumis melo
(hypernym) melon, melon vine
(hyponym) cantaloupe, cantaloup, cantaloupe vine, Cucumis melo cantalupensis
(member-holonym) Cucumis, genus Cucumis
(part-meronym) sweet melon
2. the fruit of a muskmelon vine; any of several sweet melons related to cucumbers
(synonym) sweet melon
(hypernym) melon
(hyponym) cantaloup, cantaloupe
(part-holonym) sweet melon, sweet melon vine, Cucumis melo
Muskmelon
(n.)
The fruit of a cucubritaceous plant (Cicumis Melo), 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. See Illust. of Melon.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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