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melon.

Some of the plants of the family Cucurbitaceae grown for food, generally not including the cucumber.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈmɛlən/General-American, Received-Pronunciation/ˈmelən/Australia, New-Zealand
  1. Some of the plants of the family Cucurbitaceae grown for food, generally not including the cucumber. Genus Cucumis, the true melon (including various cultigens like honeydew and cantaloupes), the horned melon, and others.

    countable · uncountable
  2. Some of the plants of the family Cucurbitaceae grown for food, generally not including the cucumber. Genus Citrullus, the watermelon and others.

    countable · uncountable
  3. Some of the plants of the family Cucurbitaceae grown for food, generally not including the cucumber. Benincasa hispida, the winter melon.

    countable · uncountable
  4. Some of the plants of the family Cucurbitaceae grown for food, generally not including the cucumber. Momordica charantia, the bitter melon.

    countable · uncountable
  5. The large, round to ovoid fruits that have rinds and are of such plants.

    countable · uncountable
  6. A light pinkish orange color, like that of some melon flesh.

    uncountable
  7. The breasts.

    countable · plural-normally · slang · uncountable
  8. The head, the brain.

    countable · slang
    Think! Use your melon!
  9. A member of the Green Party, or similar environmental group.

    Australia · New-Zealand · countable · derogatory
  10. A mass of adipose tissue found in the forehead of all toothed whales, used to focus and modulate vocalizations.

    countable
Where this word comes from

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”).

adj/ˈmɛlən/General-American, Received-Pronunciation/ˈmelən/Australia, New-Zealand
  1. Of a light pinkish orange color, like that of melon flesh.

Where this word comes from

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”).

noun/ˈmɛlən/General-American, Received-Pronunciation/ˈmelən/Australia, New-Zealand
  1. Alternative form of mellon.

    alt-of · alternative · uncountable
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