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casaba

American  
[kuh-sah-buh] / kəˈsɑ bə /
Or cassaba

noun

  1. a variety of the winter melon, Cucumis melo inodorus, having a wrinkled, yellow rind and sweet, juicy, greenish flesh.

casaba British  
/ kəˈsɑːbə /

noun

  1. a kind of winter muskmelon having a yellow rind and sweet juicy flesh

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Etymology

Origin of casaba

1885–90, named after Kassaba (now Turgutlu), town near Izmir, Turkey, which exported it

Example Sentences

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Their wan look might have been due to their frugal lunch: beef broth, casaba melon.

From Time Magazine Archive

Taken from Columbia's "original cast" LP, the song is sung by a puppet named Ernie who, it will be recalled, sounds like Bullwinkle J. Moose and looks�from the neck up�like a flattened casaba melon.

From Time Magazine Archive

“I have a weakness for casaba melons. I’ve always had a weakness for casaba melons.”

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

If I feel in the mood for an orange I want an orange, even if my neighbor has a casaba melon.

From Reveries of a Schoolmaster by Pearson, Francis B.

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