† melonieren.
Obsolete.
A place for the cultivation of melons; a melonry.
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apple-garth1268
oliveyarda1382
olivetc1384
apple orchard?c1400
nut garden1535
oil-garden1535
olive garden1577
lemon-orchard1611
meloniere1658
orange grove1688
melonry1717
nutterya1729
peachery1789
lemon-grove1830
nut grove1840
prune orchard1847
lemon-garden1864
seed orchard1903
1658 J. Evelyn tr. N. de Bonnefons French Gardiner 138 Heaped up together in some place neer your Meloniere.
1718 J. Laurence Fruit-garden Kal. 60 To see what his Servants have been doing in other Parts of the Kitchen-Garden, Meloniere, &c.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2018).
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