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noun
a variety of the winter melon, Cucumis melo inodorus, having a wrinkled, yellow rind and sweet, juicy, greenish flesh.
Also, cassaba.
Also called casaba melon.
Origin:
1885–90, Americanism; named after Kassaba (now Turgutlu), town near Izmir, Turkey, which exported it
1885–90, Americanism; named after Kassaba (now Turgutlu), town near Izmir, Turkey, which exported it
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Word Origin & History
casaba
late 19c., from Kasaba, old name of Turgutlu, in Aegean Turkey, whence the melons were imported to U.S. The old name is lit. "the town."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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