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View synonyms for winter melon

winter melon

noun

  1. a variety of late-keeping muskmelon, Cucumis melo inodorus, having a sweet, edible flesh.


winter melon

noun

  1. a variety of muskmelon, Cucumis melo inodorus, that has sweet fruit with pale orange flesh and an unridged rind Also calledPersian melon
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Origin of winter melon1

First recorded in 1895–1900

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