nutmeg melon

noun

netted melon.

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Word History and Origins

An Americanism dating back to 1815–25

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Example Sentences

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The Nutmeg Melon has been long in cultivation, and is almost everywhere to be found in the vegetable garden, though seldom in a perfectly unmixed state.