muskmelon

See also: musk melon

English

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muskmelon

Wikispecies has information on:

Cucumis melo subsp. melo

Alternative forms

musk melon

Etymology

From musk +‎ melon.

Noun

muskmelon (plural muskmelons)

A melon (Cucumis melo), especially one with sweet flesh
A type of melon with netted rind and sweet aromatic flesh, Cucumis melo Reticulatus Group (sometimes merged into Cantalupensis Group)

Synonyms

(Cucumis melo Reticulatus Group): American cantaloupe, North American cantaloupe, cantaloupe, rock melon,

Translations

sweet melon

Arabic: شَمَّام m (šammām)
Gulf Arabic: بطيخ m (baṭṭīḵ)
Armenian: սեխ (hy) (sex)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܓܸܢܕܘܼܪܵܐ m (gindura)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 香瓜 (zh) (xiāngguā), 甜瓜 (zh) (tiánguā), 蜜瓜 (zh) (mìguā)
Fijian: timo
Finnish: cantaloupe (fi)
German: Zuckermelone f, Orangenmelone f (rare)
Hindi: ख़रबूज़ा (hi) m (kharbūjā)
Hungarian: sárgadinnye (hu)
Kannada: ಕರ್ಬೂಜ (kn) (karbūja)
Malayalam: തയ്ക്കുമ്പളം (taykkumpaḷaṁ)
Navajo: taʼneeskʼání
Persian: کاونجک (fa) (kâvanjak)
Russian: ды́ня (ru) f (dýnja)
Swedish: sockermelon c
Tagalog: katimon (tl)
Tongan: katiu
Zazaki: besila f

Cucumis melo Reticulatus Group

Afrikaans: spanspek (af)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 網紋麝香甜瓜／网纹麝香甜瓜 (wǎngwén shèxiāng tiánguā), 網紋甜瓜／网纹甜瓜 (wǎngwén tiánguā), 網紋蜜瓜／网纹蜜瓜 (wǎngwén mìguā), 網紋洋香瓜／网纹洋香瓜 (wǎngwén yángxiāngguā)
French: melon brodé
Japanese: マスクメロン (ja) (masukumeron)

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