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Meaning
Noun
●
Any of various
plants
of the family Cucurbitaceae
grown
for food,
generally
not including the cucumber.
Genus Cucumis, various
musk melons
, including
honeydew
,
cantaloupes
, and
horned
melon.
Genus Citrullus,
watermelons
and others
Genus Benincasa, a
winter
melon
Genus Momordica, a
bitter
melon
●
Fruit of such plants.
●
A
light
pinkish
orange
colour
,
like that
of some
melon
flesh.
●
Breasts.
●
The head.
⚠️
In Australian English & New Zealand English:
A
member
of the Green Party, or
similar
environmental
group.
●
A
mass
of
adipose tissue
found in the
forehead
of all
toothed whales
, used to focus and
modulate
vocalizations.
●
In Chemistry:
The result of
heptazine
being
polymerized
with the tri-s-triazine
units
linked
through an
amine
(NH) link.
Adj
●
Of a
light
pinkish
orange
colour
,
like that
of
melon
flesh.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
melon
English
melon
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
melonem
Latin
melopeponem
Latin
μηλοπέπων
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
Sourced from
Etym
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