honeydew melon

noun

: a type of large fruit (called a melon) that has a hard, smooth skin and green flesh

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: a pale smooth-skinned winter melon with sweet greenish flesh

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1916

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noun hon·ey·dew melon \ˈhə-nē-ˌdü-, -ˌdyü-\

: a pale melon with greenish sweet flesh and smooth skin

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