English noun: sweet melon |
1. | sweet melon (plant) any of several varieties of vine whose fruit has a netted rind and edible flesh and a musky smell |
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| Synonyms | Cucumis melo, muskmelon, sweet melon vine |
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| Broader (hypernym) | melon, melon vine |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | cantaloup, cantaloup vine, cantaloupe, cantaloupe vine, Cucumis melo cantalupensis, Cucumis melo inodorus, Cucumis melo reticulatus, honeydew melon, net melon, netted melon, nutmeg melon, Persian melon, winter melon, winter melon vine |
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| Part holonym | muskmelon, sweet melon |
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| Member meronym | Cucumis, genus Cucumis |
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2. | sweet melon (food) the fruit of a muskmelon vine; any of several sweet melons related to cucumbers |
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| Synonyms | muskmelon |
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| Broader (hypernym) | melon |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | cantaloup, cantaloupe, net melon, netted melon, nutmeg melon, winter melon |
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| Part meronym | Cucumis melo, muskmelon, sweet melon, sweet melon vine |
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