casaba

ca·sa·ba

also cas·sa·ba (kə-sä′bə)

A variety of melon (Cucumis melo) having a yellow rind and sweet, whitish flesh.

[After Kasaba (Turgutlu), a city of western Turkey.]

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casaba

(kəˈsɑːbə) or

cassaba

(Plants) a kind of winter muskmelon having a yellow rind and sweet juicy flesh

[from Kassaba, former name of Turgutlu, Turkey]

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ca•sa•ba

(kəˈsɑ bə)

n., pl. -bas.

a winter melon, Cucumis melo inodorus, having sweet, juicy, greenish flesh.

[1885–90; after Kassaba (now Turgutlu), town near Izmir, Turkey]

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