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SWEET MELON

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The fruit of a muskmelon vine; any of several sweet melons related to cucumbersplay

Synonyms:

muskmelon; sweet melon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("sweet melon" 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 "sweet melon"):

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 ("sweet melon" 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 smellplay

Synonyms:

Cucumis melo; muskmelon; sweet melon; sweet melon vine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("sweet melon" is a kind of...):

melon; melon vine (any of various fruit of cucurbitaceous vines including: muskmelons; watermelons; cantaloupes; cucumbers)

Meronyms (parts of "sweet melon"):

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 "sweet melon"):

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 ("sweet melon" is a member of...):

Cucumis; genus Cucumis (cucumbers; muskmelons)

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