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melonist|ˈmɛlənɪst| [f. melon1 + -ist.] One who cultivates melons.
1669Phil. Trans. IV. 901 Concerning his way of ordering Melons; now communicated in English for the satisfaction of several curious Melonists in England. 1727S. Switzer Pract. Gard. ii. vi. 49 At their first coming into England, there were but two kinds that our melonists..took notice of. |