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NET MELON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The fruit of a variety of muskmelon vine; a melon with netlike markings and deep green flesh
Synonyms:
net melon; netted melon; nutmeg melon
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("net melon" is a kind of...):
muskmelon; sweet melon (the fruit of a muskmelon vine; any of several sweet melons related to cucumbers)
Holonyms ("net melon" is a part of...):
Cucumis melo reticulatus; net melon; netted melon; nutmeg melon (a muskmelon vine with fruit that has a thin reticulated rind and sweet green flesh)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A muskmelon vine with fruit that has a thin reticulated rind and sweet green flesh
Synonyms:
Cucumis melo reticulatus; net melon; netted melon; nutmeg melon
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("net melon" is a kind of...):
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)
Meronyms (parts of "net melon"):
net melon; netted melon; nutmeg melon (the fruit of a variety of muskmelon vine; a melon with netlike markings and deep green flesh)
