Hypertext Webster Gateway: "muskmelon"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Muskmelon \Musk"mel`on\, n. [Musk + melon.] (Bot.)
The fruit of a cucubritaceous plant ({Cicumis Melo}), having
a peculiar aromatic flavor, and cultivated in many varieties,
the principal sorts being the cantaloupe, of oval form and
yellowish flesh, and the smaller nutmeg melon with greenish
flesh. See Illust. of {Melon}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
muskmelon
n 1: any of several varieties of vine whose fruit has a netted
rind and edible flesh and a musky smell [syn: {sweet
melon}, {sweet melon vine}, {Cucumis melo}]
2: the fruit of a muskmelon vine; any of several sweet melons
related to cucumbers [syn: {sweet melon}]
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