paddymelonn.

Brit.

/ˈpadɪmɛlən/, U.S.

/ˈpædiˌmɛlən/, Australian English

/ˈpædimelən/

Forms: 1800s– paddymelon, 1900s– pademelon.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Probably formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: paddy n.², melon n.¹

Etymology: Origin uncertain; probably < paddy n.² + melon n.¹An alternative etymology derives the first element from paddy n.¹ In form pademelon apparently after pademelon n.

Australian.

Any of several plants of the family Cucurbitaceae, esp. the trailing annual plant Cucumis myriocarpus, native to Africa but naturalized in inland Australia, having a small, bristly, melon-like fruit with a bitter taste; the fruit of any of these plants.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Cucurbitaceae > [noun]

paddymelon1891

1891 Bulletin (Sydney) 19 Dec. 19/4 They stole my pears..And ravished from me unawares My crop of paddy-melons.

1907 Bulletin (Sydney) 19 Sept. 14/2 The pademelon vine..is a prolific plant, which bears spiky little melons about the size of gooseberries.

1934 Bulletin (Sydney) 28 Mar. 30/1 A good home-made implement for quickly cutting paddymelons and such weeds on fallow can be made from [etc.].

1941 K. Tennant Battlers xxi. 232 Not even an occasional clod of earth stowed in the middle of a sack, or a few hefty paddy-melons, could make the toil profitable.

1970 Daily Tel. (Brisbane) 27 May 32/1 Paddy melons are not edible... They are a small, poisonous variety of melon, classed as a noxious weed.

1998 J. Kinsella Hunt & Other Poems 73 Our uncle recalls our popping paddy melons.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	paddymelon
释义	paddymelonn. Brit. /ˈpadɪmɛlən/, U.S. /ˈpædiˌmɛlən/, Australian English /ˈpædimelən/ Forms: 1800s– paddymelon, 1900s– pademelon. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Probably formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: paddy n.², melon n.¹ Etymology: Origin uncertain; probably < paddy n.² + melon n.¹An alternative etymology derives the first element from paddy n.¹ In form pademelon apparently after pademelon n. Australian. Any of several plants of the family Cucurbitaceae, esp. the trailing annual plant Cucumis myriocarpus, native to Africa but naturalized in inland Australia, having a small, bristly, melon-like fruit with a bitter taste; the fruit of any of these plants. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Cucurbitaceae > [noun] paddymelon1891 1891 Bulletin (Sydney) 19 Dec. 19/4 They stole my pears..And ravished from me unawares My crop of paddy-melons. 1907 Bulletin (Sydney) 19 Sept. 14/2 The pademelon vine..is a prolific plant, which bears spiky little melons about the size of gooseberries. 1934 Bulletin (Sydney) 28 Mar. 30/1 A good home-made implement for quickly cutting paddymelons and such weeds on fallow can be made from [etc.]. 1941 K. Tennant Battlers xxi. 232 Not even an occasional clod of earth stowed in the middle of a sack, or a few hefty paddy-melons, could make the toil profitable. 1970 Daily Tel. (Brisbane) 27 May 32/1 Paddy melons are not edible... They are a small, poisonous variety of melon, classed as a noxious weed. 1998 J. Kinsella Hunt & Other Poems 73 Our uncle recalls our popping paddy melons. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1891
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