muskmelon

See also: musk melon

English

Wikispecies

Alternative forms

• musk melon

Etymology

From musk +‎ melon.

Noun

muskmelon (plural muskmelons)

1. A melon (Cucumis melo), especially one with sweet flesh
2. A type of melon with netted rind and sweet aromatic flesh, Cucumis melo Reticulatus Group (sometimes merged into Cantalupensis Group)

Synonyms

• (Cucumis melo Reticulatus Group): American cantaloupe, North American cantaloupe, cantaloupe, rock melon,

Translations

sweet melon

• Arabic: شَمَّام m (šammām)

  Gulf Arabic: بطيخ m (baṭṭīḵ)

• Armenian: սեխ (hy) (sex)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܓܸܢܕܘܼܪܵܐ m (gindura)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 香瓜 (zh) (xiāngguā), 甜瓜 (zh) (tiánguā), 蜜瓜 (zh) (mìguā)

• Fijian: timo
• Finnish: cantaloupe (fi)
• German: Zuckermelone f, Orangenmelone f (rare)
• Hindi: ख़रबूज़ा (hi) m (kharbūjā)
• Hungarian: sárgadinnye (hu)
• Kannada: ಕರ್ಬೂಜ (kn) (karbūja)
• Malayalam: തയ്ക്കുമ്പളം (taykkumpaḷaṁ)
• Navajo: taʼneeskʼání
• Persian: کاونجک (fa) (kâvanjak)
• Russian: ды́ня (ru) f (dýnja)
• Swedish: sockermelon c
• Tagalog: katimon (tl)
• Tongan: katiu
• Zazaki: besila f

Cucumis melo Reticulatus Group

• Afrikaans: spanspek
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 網紋麝香甜瓜／网纹麝香甜瓜 (zh) (wǎngwén shèxiāng tiánguā), 網紋甜瓜／网纹甜瓜 (zh) (wǎngwén tiánguā), 網紋蜜瓜／网纹蜜瓜 (zh) (wǎngwén mìguā), 網紋洋香瓜／网纹洋香瓜 (zh) (wǎngwén yángxiāngguā)

• French: melon brodé
• Japanese: マスクメロン (masukumeron)