1. Any of numerous fruits of the gourd family having a hard rind and sweet juicy flesh
   "The picnic spread included various types of melon"
    
2. A vine of the family Cucurbitaceae that produces melons
   "The melon vine produced sweet, juicy cantaloupes";
   - melon vine
    
3. [informal] The upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
   "he stuck his melon out the window";
   - head, caput [technical], bean [informal], bonce [Brit, informal], noodle [informal], noggin [informal], dome [informal], nob [informal], napper [Brit, informal], skull [informal], nut [informal]

Sounds like: meiotic, miotic, myoelon, Me

Derived forms: melons

Type of: edible fruit, external body part, gourd, gourd vine, human head

Part of: animal, animate being, body, organic structure

Encyclopedia: Melon