01 n. The juicy fruit of certain cucurbitaceous plants, as the muskmelon, watermelon, and citron melon; also, the plant that produces the fruit.
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The juicy fruit of certain cucurbitaceous plants, as the muskmelon, watermelon, and citron melon; also, the plant that produces the fruit.(Bot.)
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A large, ornamental, marine, univalve shell of the genus Melo.(Zool.)
Phrases & compounds
Melon beetle —
a small leaf beetle (Diabrotiea vittata), which damages the leaves of melon vines.
Melon cactus —
A genus of cactaceous plants (Melocactus) having a fleshy and usually globose stem with the surface divided into spiny longitudinal ridges, and bearing at the top a prickly and woolly crown in which the small pink flowers are half concealed