melon
/ˈmɛlən/
noun
- A large, sweet fruit with a thick rind and juicy flesh, typically from plants in the gourd family (e.g., cantaloupe, honeydew, watermelon).
- We sliced a cold melon for dessert on a hot summer day.
- The farmer grew several types of melon in his field.
- She added chunks of melon to the fruit salad for extra sweetness.
- The plant that produces this fruit.
- Bees pollinated the yellow flowers of the melon.
- The melon vines spread across the garden patch.
- He watered the melon plants every morning during the dry spell.
- A shade of pale green or orange similar to the flesh of a melon.
- The dress came in melon, sky blue, and white.
- She painted the nursery walls a soft melon color.
- He chose a melon tie to match the floral pattern.
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