NUTMEG MELON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nutmeg melon mean? 

• NUTMEG MELON (noun)
  The noun NUTMEG MELON has 2 senses:

1. a muskmelon vine with fruit that has a thin reticulated rind and sweet green flesh

2. the fruit of a variety of muskmelon vine; a melon with netlike markings and deep green flesh

  Familiarity information: NUTMEG MELON used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NUTMEG MELON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A muskmelon vine with fruit that has a thin reticulated rind and sweet green flesh

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cucumis melo reticulatus; net melon; netted melon; nutmeg melon

Hypernyms ("nutmeg 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 "nutmeg melon"):

net melon; netted melon; nutmeg melon (the fruit of a variety of muskmelon vine; a melon with netlike markings and deep green flesh)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The fruit of a variety of muskmelon vine; a melon with netlike markings and deep green flesh

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

net melon; netted melon; nutmeg melon

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

muskmelon; sweet melon (the fruit of a muskmelon vine; any of several sweet melons related to cucumbers)

Holonyms ("nutmeg 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)