WINTER MELON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does winter melon mean? 

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

1. 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

2. the fruit of the winter melon vine; a green melon with pale green to orange flesh that keeps well

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• WINTER MELON (noun)

Sense 1

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cucumis melo inodorus; honeydew melon; Persian melon; winter melon; winter melon vine

Hypernyms ("winter 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 "winter melon"):

winter melon (the fruit of the winter melon vine; a green melon with pale green to orange flesh that keeps well)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The fruit of the winter melon vine; a green melon with pale green to orange flesh that keeps well

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

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

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

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

honeydew; honeydew melon (the fruit of a variety of winter melon vine; a large smooth greenish-white melon with pale green flesh)

Persian melon (the fruit of a variety of winter melon vine; a large green melon with orange flesh)

casaba; casaba melon (melon having yellowish rind and whitish flesh)

Holonyms ("winter melon" is a part of...):

Cucumis melo inodorus; honeydew melon; Persian melon; winter melon; winter melon vine (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)