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MELON VINE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

melon; melon vine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("melon vine" is a kind of...):

gourd; gourd vine (any vine of the family Cucurbitaceae that bears fruits with hard rinds)

Meronyms (parts of "melon vine"):

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "melon vine"):

Citrullus vulgaris; watermelon; watermelon vine (an African melon)

Cucumis melo; muskmelon; sweet melon; sweet melon vine (any of several varieties of vine whose fruit has a netted rind and edible flesh and a musky smell)

cucumber; cucumber vine; Cucumis sativus (a melon vine of the genus Cucumis; cultivated from earliest times for its cylindrical green fruit)

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