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WINTER MELON VINE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Any of a variety of muskmelon vines having fruit with a smooth white rind and white or greenish flesh that does not have a musky smell
Synonyms:
Cucumis melo inodorus; honeydew melon; Persian melon; winter melon; winter melon vine
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("winter melon vine" 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 "winter melon vine"):
winter melon (the fruit of the winter melon vine; a green melon with pale green to orange flesh that keeps well)