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MUSKMELON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The fruit of a muskmelon vine; any of several sweet melons related to cucumbers
Synonyms:
muskmelon; sweet melon
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("muskmelon" is a kind of...):
melon (any of numerous fruits of the gourd family having a hard rind and sweet juicy flesh)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "muskmelon"):
cantaloup; cantaloupe (the fruit of a cantaloup vine; small to medium-sized melon with yellowish flesh)
winter melon (the fruit of the winter melon vine; a green melon with pale green to orange flesh that keeps well)
net melon; netted melon; nutmeg melon (the fruit of a variety of muskmelon vine; a melon with netlike markings and deep green flesh)
Holonyms ("muskmelon" is a part of...):
Cucumis melo; muskmelon; sweet melon; sweet melon vine (any of several varieties of vine whose fruit has a netted rind and edible flesh and a musky smell)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Any of several varieties of vine whose fruit has a netted rind and edible flesh and a musky smell
Synonyms:
Cucumis melo; muskmelon; sweet melon; sweet melon vine
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("muskmelon" is a kind of...):
melon; melon vine (any of various fruit of cucurbitaceous vines including: muskmelons; watermelons; cantaloupes; cucumbers)
Meronyms (parts of "muskmelon"):
muskmelon; sweet melon (the fruit of a muskmelon vine; any of several sweet melons related to cucumbers)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "muskmelon"):
cantaloup; cantaloup vine; cantaloupe; cantaloupe vine; Cucumis melo cantalupensis (a variety of muskmelon vine having fruit with a tan rind and orange flesh)
Cucumis melo inodorus; honeydew melon; Persian melon; winter melon; winter melon vine (any of a variety of muskmelon vines having fruit with a smooth white rind and white or greenish flesh that does not have a musky smell)
Cucumis melo reticulatus; net melon; netted melon; nutmeg melon (a muskmelon vine with fruit that has a thin reticulated rind and sweet green flesh)
Holonyms ("muskmelon" is a member of...):
Cucumis; genus Cucumis (cucumbers; muskmelons)
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