winter melon
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Fruits of Benincasa hispida
'Canaria', a cultivar of Spanish melon
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Etymology 1
Calque of Chinese 冬瓜 (dōngguā).
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Noun
winter melon (plural winter melons)
- Benincasa hispida, a species of the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae) commonly cultivated in Asia.
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- ash gourd, ash pumpkin, Chinese preserving melon, fuzzy melon, tallow gourd, wax gourd, white gourd, winter gourd
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Etymology 2
Calque of French melon d’hiver or German Wintermelone.
Noun
winter melon (plural winter melons)
- Any late-maturing variety of true melon (Cucumis melo), such as honeydew melon (Inodorus Group), Cassaba melon (Cassaba Group), and Spanish melon (Ibericus Group).
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Etymology 3
Noun
winter melon (plural winter melons)
- (obsolete) A type of watermelon (Citrullus lanatus).
- 1699, John Evelyn, Acetaria: A Discourse of Sallets:
- There is also a winter-melon, large and with black seeds, exceedingly cooling, brought us from abroad, and the hotter climates, where they drink water after eating melons...