melon : Idioms & Phrases


casaba melon

  • noun melon having yellowish rind and whitish flesh
    casaba.
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Citron melon

  • . (a) A small variety of muskmelon with sugary greenish flesh. (b) A small variety of watermelon, whose solid white flesh is used in making sweetmeats and preserves.
Webster 1913

honeydew melon

  • noun 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
    honeydew melon; Cucumis melo inodorus; winter melon; Persian melon.
  • noun the fruit of a variety of winter melon vine; a large smooth greenish-white melon with pale green flesh
    honeydew.
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melon ball

  • noun a bite of melon cut as a sphere
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Melon beetle

  • (Zoöl.), a small leaf beetle (Diabrotiea vittata), which damages the leaves of melon vines.
Webster 1913

Melon cactus, Melon thistle

  • . (a) (Bot.) A genus of cactaceous plants (Melocactus) having a fleshy and usually globose stem with the surface divided into spiny longitudinal ridges, and bearing at the top a prickly and woolly crown in which the small pink flowers are half concealed . M. communis, from the West Indies, is often cultivated, and sometimes called Turk's cap. (b) The related genus Mamillaria, in which the stem is tubercled rather than ribbed, and the flowers sometimes large. See Illust. under Cactus.
Webster 1913

melon tree

  • noun tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit
    papaya; pawpaw; papaia; Carica papaya; papaya tree.
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melon vine

  • noun any of various fruit of cucurbitaceous vines including: muskmelons; watermelons; cantaloupes; cucumbers
    melon.
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net melon

  • noun a muskmelon vine with fruit that has a thin reticulated rind and sweet green flesh
    net melon; netted melon; Cucumis melo reticulatus.
  • noun the fruit of a variety of muskmelon vine; a melon with netlike markings and deep green flesh
    net melon; netted melon.
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netted melon

  • noun a muskmelon vine with fruit that has a thin reticulated rind and sweet green flesh
    net melon; netted melon; Cucumis melo reticulatus.
  • noun the fruit of a variety of muskmelon vine; a melon with netlike markings and deep green flesh
    net melon; netted melon.
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Nutmeg melon

  • noun a muskmelon vine with fruit that has a thin reticulated rind and sweet green flesh
    net melon; netted melon; Cucumis melo reticulatus.
  • noun the fruit of a variety of muskmelon vine; a melon with netlike markings and deep green flesh
    net melon; netted melon.
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  • (Bot.), a small variety of muskmelon of a rich flavor.
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persian melon

  • noun 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
    honeydew melon; Cucumis melo inodorus; winter melon; Persian melon.
  • noun the fruit of a variety of winter melon vine; a large green melon with orange flesh
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sweet melon

  • noun any of several varieties of vine whose fruit has a netted rind and edible flesh and a musky smell
    muskmelon; Cucumis melo; sweet melon.
  • noun the fruit of a muskmelon vine; any of several sweet melons related to cucumbers
    muskmelon.
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sweet melon vine

  • noun any of several varieties of vine whose fruit has a netted rind and edible flesh and a musky smell
    muskmelon; Cucumis melo; sweet melon.
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winter melon

  • noun 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
    honeydew melon; Cucumis melo inodorus; winter melon; Persian melon.
  • noun the fruit of the winter melon vine; a green melon with pale green to orange flesh that keeps well
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winter melon vine

  • noun 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
    honeydew melon; Cucumis melo inodorus; winter melon; Persian melon.
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