muskmelon Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any of several varieties of vine whose fruit has a netted rind and edible flesh and a musky smell
    Cucumis melo; sweet melon; sweet melon vine.
  2. noun the fruit of a muskmelon vine; any of several sweet melons related to cucumbers
    sweet melon.

WordNet

Musk"mel`on noun
Etymology
Musk + melon.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) The fruit of a cucubritaceous plant (Cicumis Melo), having a peculiar aromatic flavor, and cultivated in many varieties, the principal sorts being the cantaloupe, of oval form and yellowish flesh, and the smaller nutmeg melon with greenish flesh. See Illust. of Melon.

Webster 1913