muskmelon

Noun

Meaning

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

cantaloupe Cucumis melo sweet melon sweet melon vine berry citron chestnut fruit cherry bearberry citrus almond cacao breadfruit melon
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Hypernyms

melon melon vine

Hyponyms

cantaloupe honeydew melon cantaloup winter melon Persian melon Cucumis melo inodorus

Close letter words and terms

muskish muskit musklike Muskmobile Muskogean Muskogean language