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melon

Pronunciation: /ˈmɛlən/

The English word “melon” has 11 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Genus Cucumis, the true melon (including various cultigens like honeydew and cantaloupes), the horned melon, and others.
  2. Genus Citrullus, the watermelon and others.
  3. Benincasa hispida, the winter melon.
  4. Momordica charantia, the bitter melon.
  5. The large, round to ovoid fruits that have rinds and are of such plants.
  6. A light pinkish orange color, like that of some melon flesh.
  7. The breasts.
  8. The head, the brain.
  9. A member of the Green Party, or similar environmental group.
  10. A mass of adipose tissue found in the forehead of all toothed whales, used to focus and modulate vocalizations.

adjective

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

Etymology

From Middle English meloun, melon, from Old French melon, from Late Latin melonem, from Latin melopeponem, from Ancient Greek μηλοπέπων (mēlopépōn), from μῆλον (mêlon, “apple”) + πέπων (pépōn, “ripe”).

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