netted melon

Questions about netted melon

What does netted melon mean?

netted melon means "a muskmelon vine with fruit that has a thin reticulated rind and sweet green flesh". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for netted melon?

Close synonyms include net melon, nutmeg melon, Cucumis melo reticulatus, net melon, nutmeg melon. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is netted melon a common word?

netted melon is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.