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muskmelon
[ muhsk-mel-uhn ]
noun
- a round or oblong melon, occurring in many varieties, having a juicy, often aromatic, sweet, yellow, white, or green, edible flesh.
- the plant, Cucumis melo reticulatus, of the gourd family, bearing this fruit.
muskmelon
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noun
- any of several varieties of the melon Cucumis melo, such as the cantaloupe and honeydew
- the fruit of any of these melons, having ribbed or warty rind and sweet yellow, white, or green flesh with a musky aroma
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Origin of muskmelon1
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Example Sentences
After more than a decade of experimenting, a trio of Malaysian farmers say they have found the right concoction of nutrients and treatments to successfully grow Japanese muskmelons, one of the world's most expensive fruits.
Strawberries, cantaloupe and muskmelon aromas characterize this wine, which almost seems like a farmers market in a glass.
Oka, for example, is a muskmelon bred around 1912 by a priest at a Montreal monastery.
Shizuoka’s famed Crown muskmelons are tended by hand for 100 days.
Back through the vegetable garden he went, and he paused for a moment to smash a green muskmelon with his heel, but he was not happy about it.
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