paddymelon

plural paddymelons · alternative paddy-melon · alternative paddy melon · alternative pademelon

1. AustraliaAny of various cucurbitaceous plants, especially Cucumis myriocarpus, native to Africa but naturalized in inland Australia.First known use 19th c.

   The road was a straight band of tarmac and, on either side, there were strips of red dirt with paddy-melon growing over them.

   1987, Bruce Chatwin, The Songlines, Vintage, published 1998, page 76

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   Not even an occasional clod of earth stowed in the middle of a sack, or a few hefty paddy-melons, could make the toil profitable.

   1941, Kylie Tennant, The Battlers

plural paddymelons

1. alternativeAlternative form of pademelon.