melon

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A large, round, sweet, juicy fruit with a hard skin.

   We ate slices of cold melon on the hot afternoon.

Common collocations

• winter melon Noun + noun

From Middle English meloun, melon, from Old French melon, from Late Latin melonem, from Latin melopeponem, from Ancient Greek μηλοπέπων (mēlopépōn), from μῆλον (mêlon, “apple”) + πέπων (pépōn, “ripe”).

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