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US
/ˈməskˌmɛɫən/
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NOUN
- the fruit of a muskmelon vine; any of several sweet melons related to cucumbers
- any of several varieties of vine whose fruit has a netted rind and edible flesh and a musky smell
How To Use muskmelon In A Sentence
- Charentais = "a type of true cantaloupe from Europe (what Americans call cantaloupes are actually muskmelons.); poh-tow-zhay = pronunciation for "potager" or (kitchen garden) French Word-A-Day:
- The fruit we call the cantaloupe is really a muskmelon. The Hindu - Front Page
- Fifteen rooms in seven simple stone cottages, most with decks overlooking tranquil Muskmelon Bay, are strung along a ridge.
- Only the cantaloupe, properly called the muskmelon, matures fast enough - in 75 to 85 days - to be suitable for planting in areas with shorter growing seasons. Reader's Digest
- What you'd really like is a Tollhouse cookie or some muskmelon, cut into chunks. Cancer Arm
- Charentais = "a type of true cantaloupe from Europe (what Americans call cantaloupes are actually muskmelons.); poh-tow-zhay = pronunciation for" potager "or (kitchen garden) French Word-A-Day:
- The sucker arrived all decked out in a gray suit and stomp boots, with arajhat stuck on his head that looked more like the rind of a muskmelon shagged from some dumpster. The Invasion Of Iraq
- Until the soil temperature is 65 degrees, you might as well not even bother planting watermelons, honeydew or muskmelons because the seeds just won't germinate.
- Hami melon ( a variety of muskmelon ) is a specialty in Xinjiang.
- The muskmelon was the largest, measuring eighteen in length, fifteen around the small end and nineteen around the large end. Narcissa Whitman's Journal
