muskmelon
a round or oblong melon, occurring in many varieties, having a juicy, often aromatic, sweet, yellow, white, or green, edible flesh.
the plant, Cucumis melo reticulatus, of the gourd family, bearing this fruit.
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Origin of muskmelon
1- Also mushmelon.
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How to use muskmelon in a sentence
The accompanying recipe is for pickled watermelon rind, but if desired muskmelon rind may be substituted.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5 | Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and SciencesWhen fully ripe, it cannot be told from the finest muskmelon or cantelope.
Official Report of the Niger Valley Exploring Party | Martin Robinson Delanymuskmelon seeds placed in an undulating line in the sand-box suggest water.
Home Occupations for Boys and Girls | Bertha JohnstonThey are of the color and flavor of a very insipid little muskmelon which has grown too near a patch of squashes.
Literature and Life | William Dean HowellsOnce I swiped a muskmelon from a lawyer's melon-patch, and had to see him about it.
The Seven Darlings | Gouverneur Morris
British Dictionary definitions for muskmelon
/ (ˈmʌskˌmɛlən) /
any of several varieties of the melon Cucumis melo, such as the cantaloupe and honeydew
the fruit of any of these melons, having ribbed or warty rind and sweet yellow, white, or green flesh with a musky aroma
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