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honeydew melon

noun

  1. a variety of the winter melon, Cucumis melo inodorus, having a smooth, pale-green rind and sweet, juicy, light-green flesh.


honeydew melon

noun

  1. a variety of muskmelon with a smooth greenish-white rind and sweet greenish flesh
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of honeydew melon1

First recorded in 1915–20
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Example Sentences

In 10 to 12 days, adults surface to feast for roughly 90 days on honeydew melon, decaying fruit, plant nectar and bird dung.

The speared trio of green honeydew melons — shaped to resemble tennis balls — is the most obvious giveaway, as is the complimentary plastic cup the drink comes in.

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Hailstones larger than a honeydew melon are falling left and right, and hailstorm damage is growing.

Lately, his hands tend to be swathed in rubber gloves, sometimes balled into fists the size of honeydew melons, sometimes enhanced with 4-inch talons that would make Barbra Streisand envious.

Peach, honeydew melon and lemon zest highlight this refreshing white, made from garganega, the grape of soave.

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