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    HONEYDEW MELON

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The fruit of a variety of winter melon vine; a large smooth greenish-white melon with pale green fleshplay

    Synonyms:

    honeydew; honeydew melon

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting foods and drinks

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

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

    Sense 2

    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 smellplay

    Synonyms:

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

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("honeydew 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 "honeydew melon"):

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

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