melon
Some of the plants of the family Cucurbitaceae grown for food, generally not including the cucumber.
Other meanings
Genus Cucumis, the true melon (including various cultigens like honeydew and cantaloupes), the horned melon, and others.
Genus Citrullus, the watermelon and others.
Word history
From Ancient Greek "μηλοπέπων".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “melon” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.