[ˈmɛlən], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the large round fruit of a plant of the gourd family, with sweet pulpy flesh and many seeds
(e.g: a ripe melon will smell sweet)

- the Old World plant which yields the melon

- a waxy mass in the head of dolphins and other toothed whales, thought to focus acoustic signals


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Origin:
late Middle English: via Old French from late Latin melo, melon-, contraction of Latin melopepo, from Greek mēlopepōn, from mēlon ‘apple’ + pepōn ‘gourd’