muskmelon

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muskmelon

  • /ˈmʌskˌmɛlən/ US

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From musk + melon.

noun muskmelons · musk melon · mushmelon

  1. A true melon (Cucumis melo): such a plant or its fruit, especially one with sweet flesh.
  2. The type of such melon plant whose fruit has a netted rind and sweet aromatic flesh, Cucumis melo Reticulatus Group (sometimes merged into Cantalupensis Group); the fruit thereof.

    Similar: cantaloupe, American cantaloupe, North American cantaloupe, rock melon, rockmelon

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noun sweet melon

中文香瓜 xiāngguā, 甜瓜 tiánguā, 蜜瓜 mìguā
हिन्दीख़रबूज़ा kharbūjā
DeutschZuckermelone, Orangenmelone
Русскийды́ня dýnja
العربيةشَمَّام šammām

noun Cucumis melo Reticulatus Group

日本語マスクメロン masukumeron
中文網紋麝香甜瓜 /网纹麝香甜瓜 wǎngwén shèxiāng tiánguā, 網紋甜瓜 /网纹甜瓜 wǎngwén tiánguā, 網紋蜜瓜 /网纹蜜瓜 wǎngwén mìguā, 網紋洋香瓜 /网纹洋香瓜 wǎngwén yángxiāngguā
Françaismelon brodé

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@misc{muskmelon_2026,
  title = {muskmelon},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/muskmelon},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}