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.)
