Meanings
plural muskmelons · alternative musk melon · alternative dated dialectal mushmelon
- A true melon (Cucumis melo): such a plant or its fruit, especially one with sweet flesh.
- The type of such melon plant whose fruit has a netted rind and sweet aromatic flesh, Cucumis melo Reticulatus Group (sometimes merged into Cantalupensis Group); the fruit thereof.
Synonyms: cantaloupe, American cantaloupe, North American cantaloupe, rock melon, rockmelon
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe type of such melon plant whose fruit has a netted rind and sweet aromatic flesh, Cucumis melo Reticulatus Group (sometimes merged into Cantalupensis Group); the fruit thereof.
More synonyms by meaning
nounany of several varieties of vine whose fruit has a netted rind and edible flesh and a musky smell
nounthe fruit of a muskmelon vine; any of several sweet melons related to cucumbers
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Afrikaans spanspek
- spanspekCucumis melo Reticulatus Group
Arabic شَمَّام
- شَمَّام (šammām)sweet melon
Catalan cantalup, meló
- cantalupCucumis melo Reticulatus Group
- melósweet melon
Chinese Mandarin 網紋麝香甜瓜 /网纹麝香甜瓜, 網紋甜瓜 /网纹甜瓜
- 網紋麝香甜瓜 /网纹麝香甜瓜 (wǎngwén shèxiāng tiánguā)Cucumis melo Reticulatus Group
- 網紋甜瓜 /网纹甜瓜 (wǎngwén tiánguā)Cucumis melo Reticulatus Group
- 網紋蜜瓜 /网纹蜜瓜 (wǎngwén mìguā)Cucumis melo Reticulatus Group
- 網紋洋香瓜 /网纹洋香瓜 (wǎngwén yángxiāngguā)Cucumis melo Reticulatus Group
- 香瓜 (xiāngguā)sweet melon
- 甜瓜 (tiánguā)sweet melon
- 蜜瓜 (mìguā)sweet melon
Finnish cantaloupe
- cantaloupesweet melon
French melon brodé
- melon brodéCucumis melo Reticulatus Group
German Zuckermelone, Orangenmelone
- Zuckermelonesweet melon
- Orangenmelonesweet melon
Hindi ख़रबूज़ा
- ख़रबूज़ा (kharbūjā)sweet melon
Hungarian sárgadinnye
- sárgadinnyesweet melon
Japanese マスクメロン
- マスクメロン (masukumeron)Cucumis melo Reticulatus Group
Latin mēlō
- mēlōsweet melon
Persian کاونجک
- کاونجک (kâvanjak)sweet melon
Russian ды́ня
- ды́ня (dýnja)sweet melon
Swedish sockermelon
- sockermelonsweet melon
Tagalog katimon
- katimonsweet melon
Tamil முலாம்பழம், திரினிப்பழம்
- முலாம்பழம் (mulāmpaḻam)sweet melon
- திரினிப்பழம் (tiriṉippaḻam)sweet melon
Cite this entry
muskmelon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/muskmelon
“muskmelon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/muskmelon. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “muskmelon,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/muskmelon.
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