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rock melon

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noun

  1. another name for cantaloupe

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The papaw fruit resembles a rock melon somewhat in shape and flavour, the fruit being produced in the axil of the leaves all along the main stem, where they are clustered thickly together.

From Fruits of Queensland by Benson, Albert H.

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