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melon

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EKI Combined Dictionary 2026

Last modified 19.06.2025

Meanings

1
ühe troopikataime magusamaitseline mahlakas (piklik)ümar vili

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Usage examples
  • Juustuvaagen pirni, meloni ja viinamarjadega.
  • Melon kasvab sooja kliimaga maades.
2
mitmesuguse kujuga magusamaitselisi mahlakaid vilju kasvatav troopikataim, eriti harilik melon (Cucumis melo subsp. melo)

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  • Melonit kasvatatakse sooja kliimaga maadel.

Terminological databases

EKI terminibaas Esterm

ID 704326 Last modified 30.12.2004
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Domain fruitclassified botany
  • Aafrika ja troopilise Aasia söödavate viljadega taim; selle taime kurgitaoline vili
  • the large round fruit of various plants of the gourd family, with sweet pulpy flesh and many seeds (honeydew melon, watermelon)
  • a name common to several kinds of gourds, esp. the musk melon, Cucumis Melo, and the water melon, Citrullus vulgaris. (Applied both to the fruit and to the plant producing it.)
melon
melon
Usage examples
  • Field scale fresh vegetables, melons and strawberries grown in the open: crops grown in rotation with agricultural crops ...
melon
Melon
meloni

Kokanduse terminibaas

ID 463951 Last modified 21.03.2023
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Domain puuviljad

Word forms

Inflection Type 2e

melon melonid
meloni melonite
melonit meloneid

Etymology

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  • melon
    • Melone 'melon'
      • melone
        • mēlo 'melon' lühenenud ladina sõnast mēlopepō < kreeka mēlopepōn 'melon', õieti 'küps õun'
      • melon 'melon'
        • mēlo 'melon' lühenenud ladina sõnast mēlopepō < kreeka mēlopepōn 'melon', õieti 'küps õun'

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