meloen

Definitions of meloen
  1. noun
    any of numerous fruits of the gourd family having a hard rind and sweet juicy flesh
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    types:
    watermeloen
    large oblong or roundish melon with a hard green rind and sweet watery red or occasionally yellowish pulp
    type of:
    vrucht
    edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh
  2. noun
    any of various fruit of cucurbitaceous vines including: muskmelons; watermelons; cantaloupes; cucumbers
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    types:
    watermeloen
    an African melon
    komkommer, komkommervrucht
    a melon vine of the genus Cucumis; cultivated from earliest times for its cylindrical green fruit
    type of:
    kolokwint
    any vine of the family Cucurbitaceae that bears fruits with hard rinds
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