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honeydew melon

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honeydew melon

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

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1915–20
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n.  A kind of melon (Cucumis melo) having a smooth whitish rind and green flesh. Also called winter melon.
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