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Webster 1913 Edition
Melon
Mel′on
(mĕl′ŭn)
, Noun.
[F., fr. L.
melo
, for melopepo
an apple-shaped melon, Gr. μηλοπέπων
; μῆλον
apple + πέπων
a species of large melon; cf. L. malum
apple. Cf. Marmalade
.] 1.
(Bot.)
The juicy fruit of certain cucurbitaceous plants, as the muskmelon, watermelon, and citron melon; also, the plant that produces the fruit.
2.
(Zool.)
A large, ornamental, marine, univalve shell of the genus
Melo
. Melon beetle
(Zool.)
, a small leaf beetle (
– Diabrotiea vittata
), which damages the leaves of melon vines. Melon cactus
, Melon thistle
(a)
(Bot.)
A genus of cactaceous plants (
. Melocactus
) having a fleshy and usually globose stem with the surface divided into spiny longitudinal ridges, and bearing at the top a prickly and woolly crown in which the small pink flowers are half concealedMelocactus communis
, from the West Indies, is often cultivated, and sometimes called Turk’s cap
. (b)
The related genus
Mamillaria
, in which the stem is tubercled rather than ribbed, and the flowers sometimes large. See Illust. under Cactus
.Webster 1828 Edition
Melon
MEL'ON
,Noun.
Definition 2024
melón
melón
Faroese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /meˈlɔoːn/
Etymology
From Danish melon, from Old French melon, from Medieval Latin melonem, from Latin melopeponem (“type of pumpkin”), from Ancient Greek μηλοπέπων (mēlopépōn), from μῆλον (mêlon, “apple”) + πέπων (pépōn, “ripe”).
Noun
melón f (genitive singular melónar, plural melónir)
Declension
| Declension of melón | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| f2 | singular | plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | melón | melónin | melónir | melónirnar |
| accusative | melón | melónina | melónir | melónirnar |
| dative | melón | melónini | melónum | melónunum |
| genitive | melónar | melónarinnar | melóna | melónanna |