melopepon

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• melon — noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Late Latin melon , melo, short for Latin melopepon , melopepo, from Greek mēlopepōn, from mēlon apple + pepōn, an edible gourd more at pumpkin Date: 14th century 1 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Melone — Me|lo|ne [me lo:nə], die; , n: a) zu den Kürbisgewächsen gehörende Pflanze: Melonen im Garten pflanzen. b) runde, saftige Frucht der Melone (a): als Vorspeise empfehlen wir Melone mit Schinken; die Melone durchschneiden. Zus.: Honigmelone,… …   Universal-Lexikon

• melone — me·ló·ne s.m. 1. AD frutto commestibile di forma ovoidale, con buccia liscia o reticolata, polpa zuccherina e profumata di colore spec. giallo arancione o bianco Sinonimi: popone. 2. TS bot.com. la pianta erbacea annua che produce tale frutto… …   Dizionario italiano

• Melon (plante) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir melon (homonymie). Melon …   Wikipédia en Français

• melon — /mel euhn/, n. 1. the fruit of any of various plants of the gourd family, as the muskmelon or watermelon. 2. medium crimson or deep pink. 3. the visible upper portion of the head of a surfacing whale or dolphin, including the beak, eyes, and… …   Universalium

• List of melons — Melon redirects here. For other uses, see Melon (disambiguation). Various types of melons This list of melons includes members of the plant family Cucurbitaceae with edible, fleshy fruit e.g. gourds or cucurbits. The word melon can refer to… …   Wikipedia

• Melón — I (Del bajo lat. melo, onis < gr. melopepon , especie de melón.) ► adjetivo/ sustantivo 1 coloquial Se aplica a la persona boba, necia, inepta o torpe: ■ es una melona que no sabe hacer nada bien. ► sustantivo masculino 2 BOTÁNICA Planta… …   Enciclopedia Universal

• melone — {{hw}}{{melone}}{{/hw}}s. m. Pianta erbacea delle Cucurbitali con fusto strisciante, viticci all ascella delle foglie per sostenersi, frutto a peponide con polpa succosa e zuccherina | Frutto di tale pianta; SIN. Popone. ETIMOLOGIA: dal lat.… …   Enciclopedia di italiano

• Melone — Me|lo|ne die; , n unter Einfluss von gleichbed. fr. melon aus it. melone, dies aus spätlat. melo, Kurzform von lat. melopepo, dies aus gr. mēlopépōn, eigtl. »reifer Apfel«>: 1. a) Kürbisgewächs wärmerer Gebiete mit zahlreichen Arten, z. B.… …   Das große Fremdwörterbuch

• melon — [14] Greek mēlon actually meant ‘apple’. But combination with pépōn ‘ripe’ (a relative of English peptic [17]) produced mēlopépōn, which was used for ‘melon’. This passed into Latin as mēlopepō, but the pepō part was subsequently dropped, giving… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins