This article is about melon in a broad sense. For melon in a narrow sense, see Cucumis melo. For other uses, see Melon (disambiguation).
Canary melon and cantaloupe
A melon is any of various plants of the family Cucurbitaceae with sweet, edible, and fleshy fruit. The word "melon" can refer to either the plant or specifically to the fruit. Botanically, a melon is a kind of berry, specifically a "pepo". The word melon derives from Latin melopepo,[1][2] which is the latinization of the Greek μηλοπέπων (mēlopepōn), meaning "melon",[3] itself a compound of μῆλον (mēlon), "apple", treefruit (of any kind)"[4] and πέπων (pepōn), amongst others "a kind of gourd or melon".[5] Many different cultivars have been produced, particularly of cantaloupes.
A melon is any of various plants of the family Cucurbitaceae with sweet, edible, and fleshy fruit. The word "melon" can refer to either the plant or specifically...
Blind Melon is an American rock band formed in 1990 in Los Angeles, California. The band consists of guitarists Rogers Stevens and Christopher Thorn,...
Canary melon (Cucumis melo (Inodorus group)) or winter melon is a large, bright-yellow elongated melon with a pale green to white inner flesh. This melon has...
type of true melon (Cucumis melo) from the family Cucurbitaceae. Originally, cantaloupe referred only to the non-netted, orange-fleshed melons of Europe...
found in Southern Italy Crane melon Gaya melon Hami melon Korean melonMelon ball Melon Day Montreal melon Sugar melon Karit fruit The Plant List: A Working...
ash gourd, white gourd, winter gourd, winter melon, tallow gourd, ash pumpkin, Chinese preserving melon, is a vine grown for its very large fruit, eaten...
Hami melon is an umbrella term for sweet melon varieties from Xinjiang, China, especially from Hami. It is also referred to as the Chinese Hami melon or...
also be consumed as a juice or an ingredient in mixed beverages. Kordofan melons from Sudan are the closest relatives and may be progenitors of modern, cultivated...
The Gaya melon, also known as the ivory gaya, snowball, sweet snowball, ghost, dino(saur), dino(saur) egg, snow leopard, matice, matisse, sugar baby,...
The Galia melon, also known as sarda in Southeast Asia, is a type of F1 hybrid melon originating from a cross between the green-flesh melon cultivar 'Ha-Ogen'...
In the American folklore of Ohio, Michigan and Connecticut, melon heads are beings generally described as small humanoids with bulbous heads who occasionally...
A melonpan (メロンパン, meronpan) (also known as melon pan, melon bun or melon bread) is a type of Japanese sweetbun that is well known across the country...
African horned cucumber, horned melon, spiked melon, jelly melon, or kiwano, is an annual vine in the cucumber and melon family Cucurbitaceae. Its fruit...
The oriental melon (Cucumis melo Makuwa Group), is a group of Cucumis melo cultivars that are produced in East Asia. Phylogenetic studies tracing the...
A Charentais melon is a type of French cantaloupe, Cucumis melo var. cantalupensis. It is a small variety of melon, around the size of a softball. It...
Melones may refer to: Melones, California, U.S., a former settlement, now submerged New Melones Lake New Melones Dam Carson Hill, California, U.S., formerly...
Tsamma melon, or simply tsamma, may refer to: Citron melon Namib tsamma Watermelon Tsamma juice, a brand of fresh watermelon juice This disambiguation...
The Santa Claus melon, sometimes known as Christmas melon or Piel de Sapo (Toad Skin), is a variety of melon (family Cucurbitaceae, Cucumis melo, Inodorus...
The citron melon (Citrullus caffer), also called Citrullus lanatus var. citroides and Citrullus amarus, fodder melon, preserving melon, red-seeded citron...
Montreal melon, also known as the Montreal market muskmelon or the Montreal nutmeg melon (French: melon de Montréal), is a variety of melon recently rediscovered...
The banana melon is an heirloom melon in the genus Cucumis originating from around 1880 in the United States. It weighs 5–10 pounds (2.3–4.5 kilograms)...
singer-songwriter and musician. He was the lead singer of the band Blind Melon from 1990 until his death in 1995. Hoon was born on September 26, 1967,...
Tree melon is a term used for several melon-like fruits growing on trees or large shrubs as opposed to melons, which grow on vines: Carica papaya (Papaya)...
The Mirza melon, also known as the torpedo melon, Mirzachul melon, or gulabi melon, is a cultivar of sweet melon in the genus Cucumis native to Uzbekistan...
Persian melons (Persian: خربزه) are cultivars of Cucumis melo, a type of melon, also called Odessa melons. They are elongate, unridged, with dark green...
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