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Webster 1913 Edition


Muskmelon

Musk′melˊon

,
Noun.
[
Musk
+
melon
.]
(Bot.)
The fruit of a cucurbitaceous plant (
Cucumis Melo
) of the gourd family, 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
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Muskmelon

MUSK'MELON

,
Noun.
[musk and melon.] A delicious species of melon; named probably from its fragrance.