Webster's English Dictionary

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muskmelon

musk.mel.on \'m*sk-.mel-*n\ n : a usu. sweet musky-odored edible melon that 
   is the fruit of a trailing o r climbing Asiatic herbaceous vine (Cucumis 
   melo) : as : any of various melons of small or moderate size with netted 
   skin that i nclude most of the muskmelons cultivated in No. America : 
   CANTALOUPE  : WINTER MELON