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muskmelon
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun muskmelon has 2 senses
- muskmelon(n = noun.plant) cucumis melo, sweet melon, sweet melon vine - any of several varieties of vine whose fruit has a netted rind and edible flesh and a musky smell; Array has parts: muskmelon, sweet melon
- muskmelon(n = noun.food) sweet melon - the fruit of a muskmelon vine; any of several sweet melons related to cucumbers; Array is a kind of melon
is a kind of melon, melon vine
is a member of cucumis, genus cucumis
has particulars: cantaloup, cantaloup vine, cantaloupe, cantaloupe vine, cucumis melo cantalupensis, cucumis melo inodorus, honeydew melon, persian melon, winter melon, winter melon vine, cucumis melo reticulatus, net melon, netted melon, nutmeg melon
has particulars: cantaloup, cantaloupe, winter melon, net melon, netted melon, nutmeg melon
is a part of cucumis melo, muskmelon, sweet melon, sweet melon vine
CIDE DICTIONARY
muskmelon, n. [Musk + melon.].
The fruit of a cucurbitaceous plant (Cucumis Melo ) of the gourd family, 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. [1913 Webster]
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