winter melon
winter melon noun: benincasa hispida, a species of the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae) commonly cultivated in Asia.
Noun (1)
winter melon (plural winter melons)
- Benincasa hispida, a species of the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae) commonly cultivated in Asia.
Noun (2)
winter melon (plural winter melons)
- Any late-maturing variety of true melon (Cucumis melo), such as honeydew melon (Inodorus Group), Cassaba melon (Cassaba Group), and Spanish melon (Ibericus Group).
- Synonyms:
- late melon
Noun (3)
winter melon (plural winter melons)
- A type of watermelon (Citrullus lanatus).
- There is also a winter-melon, large and with black seeds, exceedingly cooling, brought us from abroad, and the hotter climates, where they drink water after eating melons...1699, John Evelyn, Acetaria: A Discourse of Sallets
winter melon meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
winter melon in Hindi
- Translations
- पेठा peṭhā, सफ़ेद कुम्हड़ा safed kumhaṛā
winter melon in Tamil
- Translations
- நீற்றுப்பூசணி nīṟṟuppūcaṇi
winter melon in Marathi
- Translations
- कोहळा kohḷā, कोहाळा kohāḷā, पांढरा भोपळा pāṇḍhrā bhopḷā
winter melon in Bengali
- Translations
- চালকুমড়া calkumṛa
More languagesFewer languages
- winter melon in Telugu
- బూడిద గుమ్మడి būḍida gummaḍi
- winter melon in Malayalam
- കുമ്പളം kumpaḷaṁ, കുമ്പളങ്ങ kumpaḷaṅṅa
- winter melon in Kannada
- ಬೂದುಗುಂಬಳ būdugumbaḷa
- winter melon in Punjabi
- ਪੇਠਾ peṭhā, ਪੇਠਾ ਕੱਦੂ peṭhā kaddū
- winter melon in Gujarati
- ભૂરાકોળું bhūrākoḷũ
- winter melon in Assamese
- কোমোৰা kümüra
- winter melon in Nepali
- कुभिण्डो kubhiṇḍo
- winter melon in Tagalog
- kundol
- winter melon in Malay
- kundur
- winter melon in Indonesian
- beligo, baligo, blonceng, kundur
- winter melon in Thai
- ฟักเขียว fák kǐao
- winter melon in Vietnamese
- bí đao
- winter melon in Myanmar
- ကျောက်ဖရုံ kyaukhpa.rum, ကျောက်ဖရုံသီး kyaukhpa.rumsi:, ကျောက်ဖရုံပင် kyaukhpa.rumpang
Synonyms of winter melon
Forms of winter melon
| plural | winter melons |
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Origin of winter melon
Calque of Chinese 冬瓜 (dōngguā).
Calque of French melon d'hiver.
Questions about winter melon
- What does winter melon mean?
- Winter melon means benincasa hispida, a species of the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae) commonly cultivated in Asia.
- What is winter melon in Hindi?
- Winter melon in Hindi is पेठा (peṭhā), सफ़ेद कुम्हड़ा (safed kumhaṛā). See Winter melon meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is winter melon?
- Winter melon is a noun.
- What is the plural of winter melon?
- The plural of winter melon is winter melons.
Words near winter melon in the dictionary
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