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casaba

or ³¦²¹²õ·²õ²¹Â·²ú²¹

[ kuh-sah-buh ]

noun

  1. a variety of the winter melon, Cucumis melo inodorus, having a wrinkled, yellow rind and sweet, juicy, greenish flesh.


casaba

/ °ìəˈ²õɑ˲úÉ™ /

noun

  1. a kind of winter muskmelon having a yellow rind and sweet juicy flesh
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of casaba1

1885–90, Americanism; named after Kassaba (now Turgutlu), town near Izmir, Turkey, which exported it
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of casaba1

from Kassaba, former name of Turgutlu, Turkey
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Alfred Hitchcock used 78 shots, 52 edits and a casaba melon to piece together the seminal shower scene in his 1960 thriller, “Psycho.â€

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One day, after touring fields for a few hours, Miles went to a farmer’s home to find that a family had cooked her casaba roots.

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“Just lend me one plane from each squadron, just one plane, and you’ll have all the casabas you can eat that you’ve money to pay for.â€

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A prop man sounded the scene by knifing casaba melons.

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Women from Kenya to Liberia now plant and tend the key food crops like corn, sorghum, millet, sweet potatoes, casaba and peas.

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