muskmelon

See also: musk melon

English

Wikispecies

Alternative forms

• musk melon

Etymology

From musk +‎ melon.

Noun

muskmelon (plural muskmelons)

1. A type of melon, Cucumis melo subsp. melo, with sweet orange flesh and a rough skin resembling netting.

Synonyms

• (cantaloupe): apple melon, chate melon, dudaim melon, vine peach, mango melon, orange melon, lemon melon, lemon cucumber, cantaloupe

Translations

a type of melon

• Arabic: شَمَّام m (šammām)

  Gulf Arabic: بطيخ m (baṭṭīḵ)

• Armenian: սեխ (hy) (sex)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܓܸܢܕܘܼܪܵܐ m (gindura)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 香瓜 (zh) (xiāngguā), 甜瓜 (zh) (tiánguā), 蜜瓜 (zh) (mìguā)

• Fijian: timo
• Finnish: cantaloupe (fi)
• German: Zuckermelone f, Orangenmelone f (rare)
• Hindi: ख़रबूज़ा (hi) m (kharbūjā)
• Hungarian: sárgadinnye (hu)
• Kannada: ಕರ್ಬೂಜ (kn) (karbūja)
• Malayalam: തയ്ക്കുമ്പളം (taykkumpaḷaṁ)
• Navajo: taʼneeskʼání
• Persian: کاونجک (fa) (kâvanjak)
• Russian: ды́ня (ru) f (dýnja)
• Swedish: sockermelon c
• Tagalog: katimon (tl)
• Tongan: katiu
• Zazaki: besila f