melon
Of a light pinkish orange color, like that of melon flesh.
Adjective
- Of a light pinkish orange color, like that of melon flesh.
Origin
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”).
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Noun Entry 2
- Some of the plants of the family Cucurbitaceae grown for food, generally not including the cucumber.
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Genus Cucumis, the true melon (including various cultigens like honeydew and cantaloupes), the horned melon, and others.
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Genus Citrullus, the watermelon and others.
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Benincasa hispida, the winter melon.
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Momordica charantia, the bitter melon.
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- The large, round to ovoid fruits that have rinds and are of such plants.
- A light pinkish orange color, like that of some melon flesh.
- The breasts.
- She indicated her left melon, underneath which lay the heart. “Because you stuck with me, and whether you ever said it or not, that is love.” - 1958, Thomas Berger, Crazy in Berlin:
- “Wait a minute.” I said. “James with another woman? Mommy, that doesn't even sound right?” “It's true. I caught him squeezing her melons.” - 2013, K. L. Brady, Got a Right to Be Wrong, page 107:
- The head, the brain.
- Think! Use your melon!
- A member of the Green Party, or similar environmental group.
- A mass of adipose tissue found in the forehead of all toothed whales, used to focus and modulate vocalizations.
Forms
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
cantaloupe citron melon honeydew honeydew melon muskmelon Persian melon rockmelon watermelon winter melon
Derived
banana melon bittermelon chest melon Chinese preserving melon Christmas melon coyote melon fodder melon fuzzy melon Hami melon jam melon kaffir melon Korean melon mango melon melonade melonal melon aldehyde melon baller melon ball scooper melon beetle melon bread melon cactus melon cutting melonette melongrower
Noun alt of, alternative
- Alternative form of mellon.