Melon
['melən] or ['mɛlən]
Definition
(noun.) any of numerous fruits of the gourd family having a hard rind and sweet juicy flesh.
(noun.) any of various fruit of cucurbitaceous vines including: muskmelons; watermelons; cantaloupes; cucumbers.
Editor: Woodrow--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The juicy fruit of certain cucurbitaceous plants, as the muskmelon, watermelon, and citron melon; also, the plant that produces the fruit.
(n.) A large, ornamental, marine, univalve shell of the genus Melo.
Edited by Georgina
Definition
n. a kind of cucumber and its fruit which in shape resembles an apple.
Editor: Lora
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of melons, denotes ill health and unfortunate ventures in business. To eat them, signifies that hasty action will cause you anxiety. To see them growing on green vines, denotes that present troubles will result in good fortune for you.
Editor: Tess
Examples
- The melon of Castile is better, Fernando said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The melon of Castile is for self abuse. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- And for an end, melon. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- It was a woman, with hair dressed high, like a melon-shaped dome. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- That is the home of the melon. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The melon of Valencia for eating. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- On these the natives raise melons, cucumbers and other vegetables which need much water. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The market people crowd the marketplace with their baskets of figs, dates, melons, apricots, etc. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Melons, Andreu Nin said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- When I think of those melons long as one's arm, green like the sea and crisp and juicy to cut and sweeter than the early morning in summer. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
Typist: Marietta