melon vs pumpkin

melon

noun
  • Fruit of such plants. 

  • A mass of adipose tissue found in the forehead of all toothed whales, used to focus and modulate vocalizations. 

  • Genus Benincasa, a winter melon 

  • Breasts. 

  • Genus Momordica, a bitter melon 

  • A light pinkish orange colour, like that of some melon flesh. 

  • Genus Cucumis, various musk melons, including honeydew, cantaloupes, and horned melon. 

  • The head. 

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

  • A member of the Green Party, or similar environmental group. 

  • Genus Citrullus, watermelons and others 

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

pumpkin

noun
  • The round yellow or orange fruit of this plant. 

  • The color of the fruit of the pumpkin plant. 

  • Any of a number of cultivars from the genus Cucurbita; known in the US as winter squash. 

  • A domesticated plant, in species Cucurbita pepo, similar in growth pattern, foliage, flower, and fruit to the squash or melon. 

  • A term of endearment for someone small and cute. 

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