melon
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- noun
- /ˈmɛlən/
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melón
- Today I got Peppino's, mangoes, melon, pina, Sandia, orange.
- melons and other fruits
- melon seeds
- grow melons
But do not take this as like all melons are easy to grow.
- But do not take this as like all melons are easy to grow.
- And I love the way that melon pairs with meat.
- Berries, melons, veggies, fruits, grains, fruits.
- But like tomatoes and Peppers, people do that all kinds of squash and melons and all of that.
- By the way, why do melons have weddings?
- That warm melon juice is not turning me on.
Examples
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We've got some melons from our raised bed harvest still.
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Well, you bring me back a nice cold melon, will you, Doc?
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And I love the way that melon pairs with meat.
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We can plant corn or melons or a few more raised beds if we want.
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Four years ago, he pulled in about 28,000 pounds of melons per acre from his crop.
Academic text (1997) -
The purchaser of the melon did not observe any defect in the melon rind.
Academic text (1993) -
As always, the morning's drama revolved around the melon, last night's honeydew.
Fiction book (1993) -
For dessert, we enjoyed a refreshing slice of melon topped with mint.
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The summer picnic featured a colorful fruit salad made with ripe melon, strawberries, and blueberries.
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He ordered a large bowl of mixed fruit that included honeydew and cantaloupe melons.
Synonyms
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An edible part of a plant like an apple or orange
A round fruit with sweet, juicy flesh eaten fresh
Compounds
A large green fruit with pale flesh used in Asian cooking or the plant that makes it
How Ripe
Surface Forms
Etymology
Melon comes from an old Greek word mēlon meaning 'apple', because people once used the same word for many round fruits. So a melon is simply a large, round, sweet fruit today.