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crenshaw melon

[kren-shaw]
–noun
a variety of melon resembling the casaba, having pinkish flesh.
Also called crenshaw.
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cren·shaw   (krěn'shô')   
n.  A variety of winter melon (Cucumis melo var. inodorus) having a greenish-yellow rind and sweet, usually salmon-pink flesh.

[Origin unknown.]
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