WINTER MELON
Dictionary entry overview: What does winter melon mean?
• WINTER MELON (noun)
The noun WINTER MELON has 2 senses:
1. 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 smell
2. the fruit of the winter melon vine; a green melon with pale green to orange flesh that keeps well
Familiarity information: WINTER MELON used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• WINTER MELON (noun)
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 smell
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Cucumis melo inodorus; honeydew melon; Persian melon; winter melon; winter melon vine
Hypernyms ("winter 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 "winter melon"):
winter melon (the fruit of the winter melon vine; a green melon with pale green to orange flesh that keeps well)
Meaning:
The fruit of the winter melon vine; a green melon with pale green to orange flesh that keeps well
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("winter melon" is a kind of...):
muskmelon; sweet melon (the fruit of a muskmelon vine; any of several sweet melons related to cucumbers)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "winter melon"):
honeydew; honeydew melon (the fruit of a variety of winter melon vine; a large smooth greenish-white melon with pale green flesh)
Persian melon (the fruit of a variety of winter melon vine; a large green melon with orange flesh)
casaba; casaba melon (melon having yellowish rind and whitish flesh)
Holonyms ("winter melon" is a part of...):
Cucumis melo inodorus; honeydew melon; Persian melon; winter melon; winter melon vine (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 smell)
