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.), Aafrika ja troopilise Aasia söödavate viljadega taim; selle taime kurgitaoline vili