Phrase guide

winter melon

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Benincasa hispida, a species of the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae) commonly cultivated in Asia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

Any late-maturing variety of true melon (Cucumis melo), such as honeydew melon (Inodorus Group), Cassaba melon (Cassaba Group), and Spanish melon (Ibericus Group).

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A type of watermelon (Citrullus lanatus).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

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noun

Meaning 4

the fruit of the winter melon vine; a green melon with pale green to orange flesh that keeps well

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: muskmelon, sweet melon

Narrower terms: honeydew, honeydew melon, Persian melon, casaba, casaba melon

5

noun

Meaning 5

any of a variety of muskmelon vines having fruit with a smooth white rind and white or greenish flesh that does not have a musky smell

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Persian melon, honeydew melon, winter melon vine, Cucumis melo inodorus

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sweet melon, muskmelon, sweet melon vine, Cucumis melo

History

Etymology

Calque of Chinese 冬瓜 (dōngguā).

Calque of French melon d'hiver.

Across languages

Translations

68 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Assamese: কোমোৰা (kümüra) — Translations
  • Banjarese: kundur — Translations
  • Bengali: চালকুমড়া (calkumṛa) — Translations
  • Bhojpuri: भतुआ (bhatuā) — Translations
  • Central Bikol: tangkwa — Translations
  • Burmese: ကျောက်ဖရုံ (kyaukhpa.rum) — Translations
  • Burmese: ကျောက်ဖရုံသီး (kyaukhpa.rumsi:) — Translations
  • Burmese: ကျောက်ဖရုံပင် (kyaukhpa.rumpang) — Translations
  • Chinese Cantonese: 冬瓜 — Translations
  • Chinese Cantonese: 節瓜 /节瓜 (zit3 gwaa1) — Translations
  • Chinese: 冬瓜 (zh-min-nan) — Translations
  • Chinese Mandarin: 冬瓜 (dōngguā) — Translations
  • Chinese Mandarin: 節瓜 /节瓜 (jiéguā) — Translations
  • Dutch: waspompoen — Translations
  • Finnish: talvimeloni — Translations
  • Finnish: vahakurpitsa — Translations
  • French: courge cireuse — Translations
  • German: Wachskürbis — Translations
  • Gujarati: ભૂરાકોળું (bhūrākoḷũ) — Translations
  • Hindi: पेठा (peṭhā) — Translations
  • Hindi: सफ़ेद कुम्हड़ा (safed kumhaṛā) — Translations
  • Indonesian: beligo — Translations
  • Indonesian: baligo — Translations
  • Indonesian: blonceng — Translations
  • Indonesian: kundur — Translations
  • Japanese: トウガン (tōgan) — Translations
  • Javanese: ꦧ꧀ꦭꦺꦴꦚ꧀ꦕꦺꦁ (blonycéng) — Translations
  • Javanese: ꦧ꧀ꦭꦶꦒꦺꦴ (bligo) — Translations
  • Javanese: ꦏꦺꦴꦤ꧀ꦢꦸꦂ (kondur) — Translations
  • Kannada: ಬೂದುಗುಂಬಳ (būdugumbaḷa) — Translations
  • Khmer: ត្រឡាច (trɑɑlaac) — Translations
  • Khmer: ផ្លែត្រឡាច (phlaetrɑɑlaac) — Translations
  • Korean: 동과 (donggwa) — Translations
  • Malay: kundur — Translations
  • Malayalam: കുമ്പളം (kumpaḷaṁ) — Translations
  • Malayalam: കുമ്പളങ്ങ (kumpaḷaṅṅa) — Translations
  • Manchu: ᠴᡳᡵᡴᡠ ᡥᡝᠩᡴᡝ (cirku hengke) — Translations
  • Marathi: कोहळा (kohḷā) — Translations
  • Marathi: कोहाळा (kohāḷā) — Translations
  • Marathi: पांढरा भोपळा (pāṇḍhrā bhopḷā) — Translations
  • Mizo: maipâwl — Translations
  • Khiamniungan Naga: thōitsì — Translations
  • Nepali: कुभिण्डो (kubhiṇḍo) — Translations
  • Okinawan: シブイ — Translations
  • Punjabi: ਪੇਠਾ (peṭhā) — Translations
  • Punjabi: ਪੇਠਾ ਕੱਦੂ (peṭhā kaddū) — Translations
  • Rarotongan: ʻue roro — Translations
  • Russian: воскова́я ты́ква (voskovája týkva) — Translations
  • Russian: зи́мняя ты́ква (zímnjaja týkva) — Translations
  • Russian: зи́мняя ды́ня (zímnjaja dýnja) — Translations
  • Samoan: fagu — Translations
  • Sicilian: cucuzza — Translations
  • Spanish: calabaza china — Translations
  • Spanish: calabaza blanca — Translations
  • Sundanese: ᮘᮜᮤᮌᮧ (baligo) — Translations
  • Tagalog: kundol — Translations
  • Tahitian: hue ʻaroro — Translations
  • Tamil: நீற்றுப்பூசணி (nīṟṟuppūcaṇi) — Translations
  • Telugu: బూడిద గుమ్మడి (būḍida gummaḍi) — Translations
  • Thai: ฟักเขียว (fák kǐao) — Translations
  • Tibetan: ཀུབ་དཀར། (kub dkar) — Translations
  • Tongan: fangu — Translations
  • Vietnamese: bí đao — Translations
  • Zhuang: lwgfaeg — Translations
  • Chinese Mandarin: 冬甜瓜 (dōngtiánguā) — Translations
  • French: melon d'hiver — Translations
  • German: Wintermelone — Translations
  • Spanish: melón de invierno — Translations