单词 | nutmeg melon |
释义 | > as lemmasnutmeg melon nutmeg melon n. a muskmelon with a netted rind reminiscent of the cut surface of a nutmeg. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > gourd > [noun] > melon > water melon pasteque1585 sandia1648 nutmeg melon1811 tsamma1886 the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > gourd > [noun] > melon > other melons nutmeg melon1811 Ogen melon1967 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > gourd > melon > other types of melon melopepon1555 muskmelon1573 macock1588 sugar-melon1600 cantaloupe1739 rock cantaloupe1776 rock melon1789 nutmeg melon1811 citron1826 pie melon1857 sweet melon1883 spanspek1886 honeydew1916 pepino1922 Ogen melon1967 1804 J. Gardiner & D. Hepburn Amer. Gardener 49 The best kinds [of melon] are the diarbeker, nutmeg, romana, minorca.] 1811 T. Jefferson Let. 24 Mar. in Papers (2006) Retirement Ser. III. 501 I send you some Nutmeg melon which I know to be fine. 1870 C. D. Warner My Summer in Garden xiv. 121 The nutmeg-melons, having covered themselves with delicate lace-work, are now ready to leave the vine. 1933 W. W. Robbins & F. Ramaley Plants useful to Man xv. 259 Netted melons, nutmeg melons, or cantaloupes; spheroidal to ellipsoidal with netted skin, flesh green to orange. < as lemmas |
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