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Melon

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Noun

1. melon

any of numerous fruits of the gourd family having a hard rind and sweet juicy flesh

2. melon, melon vine

any of various fruit of cucurbitaceous vines including: muskmelons; watermelons; cantaloupes; cucumbers

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Melon

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noun
1. 
any of several varieties of two cucurbitaceous vines, cultivated for their edible fruit
muskmelon, watermelon
2. 
the fruit of any of these plants, which has a hard rind and juicy flesh
3.  cut a melon

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Melon

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noun
1. 
any of several large, juicy, thick-skinned, many-seeded fruits of certain trailing plants of the gourd family, as the watermelon, muskmelon, and cantaloupe
2. 
any of these plants
3.  US, Slang
profits, winnings, political spoils, or the like, for distribution among stockholders, etc.
chiefly in cut a melon, to distribute such profits, etc.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Melon

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n.
1.
a. Any of various vines of the family Cucurbitaceae, especially Cucumis melo or Citrullus lanatus, widely cultivated for their edible fruit.
b. The fruit of any of these plants, having a hard rind and juicy flesh.
2. A fatty structure in the forehead of cetaceans, especially the toothed whales, thought to be used in the production of high-frequency sounds.
3. melons Vulgar Slang A woman's breasts.

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