melon

Etymology 1

From Middle English meloun, melon, from Old French melon, from Late Latin melonem, from Latin melopeponem (“type of pumpkin”), from Ancient Greek μηλοπέπων (mēlopépōn), from μῆλον (mêlon, “apple”) + πέπων (pépōn, “ripe”).

noun

1. (countable) Any of various plants of the family Cucurbitaceae grown for food, generally not including the cucumber.
   1. Genus Cucumis, various musk melons, including honeydew, cantaloupes, and horned melon.
   2. Genus Citrullus, watermelons and others
   3. Genus Benincasa, a winter melon
   4. Genus Momordica, a bitter melon
2. (uncountable) Fruit of such plants.
3. (uncountable) A light pinkish orange colour, like that of some melon flesh.
   melon:
4. (usually in the plural, slang) Breasts.
   “Wait a minute.” I said. “James with another woman? Mommy, that doesn't even sound right?” “It's true. I caught him squeezing her melons.” 2013, K. L. Brady, Got a Right to Be Wrong, page 107
   She indicated her left melon, underneath which lay the heart. “Because you stuck with me, and whether you ever said it or not, that is love.” 1958, Thomas Berger, Crazy in Berlin
5. (countable, slang) The head.
   Think! Use your melon!
6. (countable, Australia, New Zealand, derogatory) A member of the Green Party, or similar environmental group.
7. (countable) A mass of adipose tissue found in the forehead of all toothed whales, used to focus and modulate vocalizations.

adj

1. Of a light pinkish orange colour, like that of melon flesh.

Etymology 2

noun

1. (chemistry) The result of heptazine being polymerized with the tri-s-triazine units linked through an amine (NH) link.