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Word: Melon
Speech Type: Noun
late Middle English: via Old French from late Latin melo, melon-, contraction of Latin melopepo, from Greek mēlopepōn, from mēlon ‘apple’ + pepōn ‘gourd’
ˈmɛlən
the large round fruit of a plant of the gourd family, with sweet pulpy flesh and many seeds
Short Definition:fruit
Examples:- a ripe melon will smell sweet
- a slice of melon
the Old World plant which yields the melon.
Short Definition:melon plant
a waxy mass in the head of dolphins and other toothed whales, thought to focus acoustic signals.
Short Definition:waxy mass in whale's head
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