Any of various kinds of squash, probably chiefly varieties of winter squash, Cucurbita maxima. Cf. melon pumpkin n. at melon, n.1 compounds 2.

The edible fruit of the melon (Cucumis melo subsp. melo); (later) spec. that of the Reticulatus group of cultivars, which have netted rinds and…

A plant formerly cultivated by the North American Indians of Virginia and Maryland, probably a kind of summer squash, Cucurbita pepo var. melopepo.

a sweet melon (cf. French melon sucrin).

A small, round, ribbed variety of musk-melon, of a very delicate flavour.

(more fully rock cantaloupe melon) a large variety of cantaloupe melon with green knobbly skin.

any of several kinds of melon, esp. the cantaloupe (cantaloupe, n.).

a muskmelon with a netted rind reminiscent of the cut surface of a nutmeg.

(a) a cultivated variety of melon having yellow-green flesh (now rare); (b) U.S. a small variety of watermelon, Citrullus lanatus var. citroides…

U.S. A melon used as a filling for pies. Now historical.

= spanspek, n.

= cantaloupe, n.

= honeydew melon n. at compounds.

The small, elongated melon-like fruit of the tropical shrub Solanum muricatum (family Solanaceae), having a yellow skin with purplish patches and…

In full Ogen melon. A variety of small dessert melon with pale green flesh and orange or yellow skin ribbed with green.