muskmelon

/muhsk-mel-uhn/US // ˈmʌskˌmɛl ən //UK // (ˈmʌskˌmɛlən) //

麝香甜瓜,胡瓜,麝香瓜,麝香橙

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a round or oblong melon, occurring in many varieties, having a juicy, often aromatic, sweet, yellow, white, or green, edible flesh.
- : the plant, Cucumis melo reticulatus, of the gourd family, bearing this fruit.
- : cantaloupe.

The accompanying recipe is for pickled watermelon rind, but if desired muskmelon rind may be substituted.
When fully ripe, it cannot be told from the finest muskmelon or cantelope.
Muskmelon seeds placed in an undulating line in the sand-box suggest water.
They are of the color and flavor of a very insipid little muskmelon which has grown too near a patch of squashes.
Once I swiped a muskmelon from a lawyer's melon-patch, and had to see him about it.