noun
1. any of a variety of muskmelon vines having fruit with a smooth white rind and white or greenish flesh that does not have a musky smell
• Syn: ↑winter melon, ↑honeydew melon, ↑winter melon vine, ↑Cucumis melo inodorus
• Hypernyms: ↑sweet melon, ↑muskmelon, ↑sweet melon vine, ↑Cucumis melo
• Part Meronyms: ↑winter melon
2. the fruit of a variety of winter melon vine; a large green melon with orange flesh
• Hypernyms: ↑winter melon
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noun1. usually capitalized P : a large globular muskmelon having a netted unribbed greenish outer surface and orange-colored flesh that is considered superior for freezing
2. often capitalized P : a grayish reddish orange that is redder and lighter than Etruscan red or hyacinth red and redder and paler than light persimmon
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1. a round variety of muskmelon having a green, reticulate, unribbed rind and orange flesh.
2. the plant bearing this fruit.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.