melon
/ˈmɛlən/ noun A2- Genus Cucumis, the true melon (including various cultigens like honeydew and cantaloupes), the horned melon, and others.
- Genus Citrullus, the watermelon and others.
- Benincasa hispida, the winter melon.
- Momordica charantia, the bitter melon.
- The large, round to ovoid fruits that have rinds and are of such plants.
- A light pinkish orange color, like that of some melon flesh.
- The breasts.
- The head, the brain. · Think! Use your melon!
Plural melons
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So long as the bungalow is empty, we are king and queen of the garden; and remember that as soon as our eggs in the melon bed hatch (as they may tomorrow), our children will need room and quiet.”
“In the melon bed, on the end nearest the wall, where the sun strikes nearly all day.
I must get to the melon-bed, and if I went there now she’d see me.”
Rikki-tikki heard them going up the path from the stables, and he raced for the end of the melon patch near the wall.
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