melon
IPA: mˈɛɫʌn
noun
- (countable) Any of various plants of the family Cucurbitaceae grown for food, generally not including the cucumber.
- Genus Cucumis, various musk melons, including honeydew, cantaloupes, and horned melon.
- Genus Citrullus, watermelons and others
- Genus Benincasa, a winter melon
- Genus Momordica, a bitter melon
- (uncountable) Fruit of such plants.
- (uncountable) A light pinkish orange colour, like that of some melon flesh.
- (usually in the plural, slang) Breasts.
- (countable, slang) The head.
- (countable, Australia, New Zealand, derogatory) A member of the Green Party, or similar environmental group.
- (countable) A mass of adipose tissue found in the forehead of all toothed whales, used to focus and modulate vocalizations.
- (chemistry) The result of heptazine being polymerized with the tri-s-triazine units linked through an amine (NH) link.
adjective
- Of a light pinkish orange colour, like that of melon flesh.
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Examples of "melon" in Sentences
- The melon is particularly bulbous.
- It has a red hue and tastes like melon.
- The flesh of the melon is scooped out with the soup.
- It used to be the main producer of melon in the past.
- The melon and its content is brought to the dinner table.
- The beluga's melon is extremely bulbous and even malleable.
- Choosing a ripe melon depends on the preferences of the individual.
- The are produced by surrounding the growing melons in a glass cube.
- The cultivation of vegetable is focused on melon, pepper and lettuce.
- The cultivation of vegetables is focused on melon, pepper and lettuce.
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