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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