a large fruit with hard green, yellow or orange skin, that is sweet inside with juice and a lot of seeds 甜瓜；瓜 a slice of melon 一片瓜
Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from late Latin melo, melon-, contraction of Latin melopepo, from Greek mēlopepōn, from mēlon ‘apple’ + pepōn ‘gourd’.