honeydew melon
noun
a variety of the winter melon, Cucumis melo inodorus, having a smooth, pale-green rind and sweet, juicy, light-green flesh.
honeydew melons
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pluralof honeydew melon.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The speared trio of green honeydew melons — shaped to resemble tennis balls — is the most obvious giveaway, as is the complimentary plastic cup the drink comes in.
From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2024
The report continued: "Cantaloupes accounted for 56% of the outbreaks, watermelons accounted for 38% and honeydew melons accounted for 6%."
From Salon ● Feb. 11, 2023
Lately, his hands tend to be swathed in rubber gloves, sometimes balled into fists the size of honeydew melons, sometimes enhanced with 4-inch talons that would make Barbra Streisand envious.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2022
He reports that the mosques of Istanbul are "the colour of ripe honeydew melons."
From Time Magazine Archive
Original, she liked honeydew melons better than anything else in the U. S., found Park Avenue the most beautiful street in the world, observed that everyone called her Betty except Mrs. Hoover.
From Time Magazine Archive
