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honeydew melon

noun

  1. a variety of the winter melon, Cucumis melo inodorus, having a smooth, pale-green rind and sweet, juicy, light-green flesh.


honeydew melon

noun

  1. a variety of muskmelon with a smooth greenish-white rind and sweet greenish flesh
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of honeydew melon1

First recorded in 1915–20
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In 10 to 12 days, adults surface to feast for roughly 90 days on honeydew melon, decaying fruit, plant nectar and bird dung.

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The speared trio of green honeydew melons — shaped to resemble tennis balls — is the most obvious giveaway, as is the complimentary plastic cup the drink comes in.

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Hailstones larger than a honeydew melon are falling left and right, and hailstorm damage is growing.

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Lately, his hands tend to be swathed in rubber gloves, sometimes balled into fists the size of honeydew melons, sometimes enhanced with 4-inch talons that would make Barbra Streisand envious.

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Peach, honeydew melon and lemon zest highlight this refreshing white, made from garganega, the grape of soave.

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