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Muskmelon

noun

Any of several varieties of vine whose fruit has a netted rind and edible flesh and a musky smell. Synonyms: Cucumis melo, sweet melon, sweet melon vine.

The fruit of a muskmelon vine; any of several sweet melons related to cucumbers. Synonym: sweet melon.

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"Muskmelon" Quotes from Famous Books

... we cut the first watermelon and muskmelon that our garden has grown,) Mr. Thoreau and I walked up the bank of the river, and at a certain point he shouted for his boat. Forthwith a young man paddled it across, and Mr. Thoreau and I voyaged farther up the stream, which soon became more beautiful than any picture, ...

— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866 • Various

Words linked to "Muskmelon" : net melon, honeydew melon, netted melon, cantaloup vine, cantaloupe, melon vine, nutmeg melon, winter melon vine, Cucumis melo, Cucumis, genus Cucumis, Cucumis melo reticulatus, cantaloup, melon, sweet melon, Cucumis melo inodorus, cantaloupe vine, Persian melon, sweet melon vine, winter melon, Cucumis melo cantalupensis