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Topic: FOOD DISH

Date: 1300-1400
Language: French
Origin: Late Latin melo, from Latin melopepo, from Greek, from melon 'apple' + pepo 'gourd'

melon

 noun
     
melon
mel‧on [uncountable and countable]
DFF a large round fruit with sweet juicy flesh
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