| NOUN | food | melon | any of numerous fruits of the gourd family having a hard rind and sweet juicy flesh |
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| plant | melon, melon vine | any of various fruit of cucurbitaceous vines including |
| Sounds | meh'lahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | Any of numerous fruits of the gourd family having a hard rind and sweet juicy flesh. | |
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| Part of | melon, melon vine | Any of various fruit of cucurbitaceous vines including |
| Narrower | melon ball | A bite of melon / melon cut as a sphere |
| muskmelon, sweet melon | The fruit of a muskmelon vine | |
| watermelon | large oblong or roundish melon / melon with a hard green rind and sweet watery red or occasionally yellowish pulp | |
| Broader | edible fruit | edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh |
| Spanish | melon, melón | |
| Catalan | meló | |
| Meaning | Any of various fruit of cucurbitaceous vines including: muskmelons; watermelons; cantaloupes; cucumbers. | |
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| Synonym | melon vine | |
| Parts | melon | Any of numerous fruits of the gourd family having a hard rind and sweet juicy flesh |
| Narrower | cucumber, cucumber vine, Cucumis sativus | A melon vine of the genus Cucumis |
| sweet melon, muskmelon, sweet melon vine, Cucumis melo | Any of several varieties of vine whose fruit has a netted rind and edible flesh and a musky smell | |
| watermelon, watermelon vine, Citrullus vulgaris | An African melon | |
| Broader | gourd, gourd vine | Any vine of the family Cucurbitaceae that bears fruits with hard rinds |
| Spanish | melón | |
| Catalan | meló | |
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