Cucumis melo

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Cucumis melo - any of several varieties of vine whose fruit has a netted rind and edible flesh and a musky smellmuskmelon, sweet melon, sweet melon vinemuskmelon, sweet melon - the fruit of a muskmelon vine; any of several sweet melons related to cucumbersmelon vine, melon - any of various fruit of cucurbitaceous vines including: muskmelons; watermelons; cantaloupes; cucumbersCucumis, genus Cucumis - cucumbers; muskmelonscantaloup, cantaloup vine, cantaloupe, cantaloupe vine, Cucumis melo cantalupensis - a variety of muskmelon vine having fruit with a tan rind and orange fleshCucumis melo inodorus, honeydew melon, Persian melon, winter melon, winter melon vine - any of a variety of muskmelon vines having fruit with a smooth white rind and white or greenish flesh that does not have a musky smellCucumis melo reticulatus, net melon, netted melon, nutmeg melon - a muskmelon vine with fruit that has a thin reticulated rind and sweet green flesh