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View synonyms for winter melon

winter melon

noun

  1. a variety of late-keeping muskmelon, Cucumis melo inodorus, having a sweet, edible flesh.


winter melon

noun

  1. a variety of muskmelon, Cucumis melo inodorus, that has sweet fruit with pale orange flesh and an unridged rind Also calledPersian melon
“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 winter melon1

First recorded in 1895–1900
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Example Sentences

Republic of Cider offers some quirky takes including ciders with winter melon and another version brewed with green hatch chilies.

She did: The French Culinary Institute graduate hadn’t cooked with preserved lemons or winter melon before recipe testing for the book, and she had never eaten borscht.

Whatever stomach space was left was devoted to an unending parade of toasted watermelon seeds, crystallized sugary pieces of winter melon, and peanuts.

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Other seasonal flavors include Korean barley tea, chestnut, winter melon and this past month’s pick: Black Milk soft-serve.

The side of soup is milder, with daikon rather than winter melon and a rubble at the bottom: corn, added at the last minute so it remains sunny-sweet.

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