Persian melon
- noun
:
melón persa
- I bought a ripe Persian melon at the farmers' market for dessert.
Examples
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I bought a Persian melon at the market.
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Unlike cantaloupe, a Persian melon has a smoother rind and a milder aroma.
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This salad features slices of Persian melon with feta and mint.
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Have you ever tried a Persian melon?
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At the farmers' market, I bought a large Persian melon ripe with sweetness.
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The chef prepared a refreshing salad featuring diced Persian melon and mint.
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For dessert, we enjoyed slices of chilled Persian melon with a sprinkle of lime juice.
Synonyms
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1.0
A large round or oval fruit with thick skin and soft sweet inside like a watermelon
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3.1
A round or oval melon with rough tan skin and sweet orange flesh
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2.0
A large round melon with sweet pale green flesh
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1.0
A large sweet round fruit with pale skin and light green flesh
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5.3
A sweet, fragrant fruit with orange flesh like a cantaloupe
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3.7
A round fruit with sweet orange flesh like a cantaloupe
A round fruit with sweet, juicy flesh eaten fresh
A group of melons with smooth white skin and pale flesh that have little or no strong musky smell
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase combines the adjective 'Persian' (from Persia) with 'melon' (a fruit), so its meaning 'a melon from Persia or of a Persian variety' is directly derivable from the constituents. This place-name + noun composition is cross-linguistically common and will be transparent to a B1 learner who knows both words.
Etymology
Persian melon may come from old trade when sweet melons were brought from Persia, the area we now call Iran, to other lands. Because people knew this melon as coming from Persia, the name stuck and today Persian melon simply means 'a type of sweet melon'.