melon

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This time the melon was a whole one, and Vincent divided it with a couple of other prisoners, for the fruit was too large for one person to consume, being quite as large as a man's head The next day another melon was bought, but this time Vincent did not open it in public.

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  1. noun Any of several varieties of two related vines (Cucumis melo or Citrullus lanatus) widely cultivated for their edible fruit.
  2. noun The fruit of any of these plants, having a hard rind and juicy flesh.

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  • We were then able to eat a water-melon, and were soon sound asleep on our saddle-cloths in the open. —  The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton Volume II
  • It shows a rich complexity of tropical fruit flavours such as passion fruit, melon, apples and litchi.
  • There is something called bitter melon, which is like cancer medicine; you eat it and your eyes pop out. ... —  Articles
  • At one time or another my friends have heard me say that in the early '90s my brain was replaced with a melon, and a soft one at that. —  Random Thoughts- Do They Have Meaning?
  • Halve the melon, and using a spoon, remove and discard the seeds. —  All MayoClinic.com Topics
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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin mēlō, mēlōn-, short for Latin mēlopepō, from Greek mēlopepōn : mēlon, apple + pepōn, gourd.

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  1. Formerly also mellon, millon, million (the last still in dial, use); from Old French melon, mellon, millon, French melon = Spanish melon = Portuguese melão = Italian melone, a melon, from Late Latin melo(n-), for L. melopepo(n-) (later Old French melopepon), from Greek μηλοπέπων, a melon, so called as being apple-shaped, from Greek μῆλον (Latin malum), apple (including also pears, peaches, etc.), + πέπων, a melon: see pepo.
  2. Abbr. of pademelon or paddy-melon.
 

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