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.

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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