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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Muskmelon  \Musk"mel`on\,  n.  [Musk  +  melon.]  (Bot.) 
  The  fruit  of  a  cucubritaceous  plant  ({Cicumis  Melo}),  having 
  a  peculiar  aromatic  flavor,  and  cultivated  in  many  varieties, 
  the  principal  sorts  being  the  cantaloupe,  of  oval  form  and 
  yellowish  flesh,  and  the  smaller  nutmeg  melon  with  greenish 
  flesh.  See  Illust.  of  {Melon}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  muskmelon 
  n  1:  any  of  several  varieties  of  vine  whose  fruit  has  a  netted 
  rind  and  edible  flesh  and  a  musky  smell  [syn:  {sweet 
  melon},  {sweet  melon  vine},  {Cucumis  melo}] 
  2:  the  fruit  of  a  muskmelon  vine;  any  of  several  sweet  melons 
  related  to  cucumbers  [syn:  {sweet  melon}] 




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