† melopeponn.

Forms: 1500s 1700s melopepones (plural), 1600s–1700s melopepon.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin mēlopepōn-, mēlopepō.

Etymology: < classical Latin mēlopepōn-, mēlopepō melon < Hellenistic Greek μηλοπέπων melon < ancient Greek μῆλον apple (see male n.²) + Hellenistic Greek πέπων pepon n. Compare French melopepon (1611).

Obsolete.

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

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > gourd > melon > other types of melon

melopepon1555

muskmelon1573

macock1588

sugar-melon1600

cantaloupe1739

rock cantaloupe1776

rock melon1789

nutmeg melon1811

citron1826

pie melon1857

sweet melon1883

spanspek1886

honeydew1916

pepino1922

Ogen melon1967

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde ii. ix. f. 81^v An other frute..in tendernes equal to melopepones.

1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis iii. i. i. 266 The same Author represents likewise a most exact figure of a petrify'd Melopepon.

1705 R. Beverley Hist. Virginia ii. iv. 27 Their Macocks are a sort of Melopepones, or lesser sort of Pompion.

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Melopepon.

1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I Melopepo,..the Squash... It hath the whole Appearance of the Pumpkin or Gourd; from which it differs in its Fruit.]

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	melopepon
释义	† melopeponn. Forms: 1500s 1700s melopepones (plural), 1600s–1700s melopepon. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin mēlopepōn-, mēlopepō. Etymology: < classical Latin mēlopepōn-, mēlopepō melon < Hellenistic Greek μηλοπέπων melon < ancient Greek μῆλον apple (see male n.²) + Hellenistic Greek πέπων pepon n. Compare French melopepon (1611). Obsolete. Any of various kinds of squash, probably chiefly varieties of winter squash, Cucurbita maxima. Cf. melon pumpkin n. at melon n.¹ Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > gourd > melon > other types of melon melopepon1555 muskmelon1573 macock1588 sugar-melon1600 cantaloupe1739 rock cantaloupe1776 rock melon1789 nutmeg melon1811 citron1826 pie melon1857 sweet melon1883 spanspek1886 honeydew1916 pepino1922 Ogen melon1967 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde ii. ix. f. 81^v An other frute..in tendernes equal to melopepones. 1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis iii. i. i. 266 The same Author represents likewise a most exact figure of a petrify'd Melopepon. 1705 R. Beverley Hist. Virginia ii. iv. 27 Their Macocks are a sort of Melopepones, or lesser sort of Pompion. 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Melopepon. 1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I Melopepo,..the Squash... It hath the whole Appearance of the Pumpkin or Gourd; from which it differs in its Fruit.] This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1555
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