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any of several varieties of vine whose fruit has a netted rind and edible flesh and a musky smell

any of several varieties of vine whose fruit has a netted rind and edible flesh and a musky smell

A plant species of the family CUCURBITACEAE, order Violales, subclass Dilleniidae known for the melon fruits with reticulated (net) surface including cantaloupes, honeydew, casaba, and Persian melons.

The systematic name of the Melon Plant, Melo, Common Melon, (F.) Melon. The fruit is an agreeable article of diet, but not very digestible, unless when ripe. The seeds possess mucilaginous properties.