資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Muskmelon \Musk"mel`on\, n. [Musk + melon.] (Bot.)
   The fruit of a cucubritaceous plant ({Cicumis Melo}), having
   a peculiar aromatic flavor, and cultivated in many varieties,
   the principal sorts being the cantaloupe, of oval form and
   yellowish flesh, and the smaller nutmeg melon with greenish
   flesh. See Illust. of {Melon}.