Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

seven-year melon

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.31 in modern English

Syllables
sev-en-year mel-on
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Malabar gourd (Cucurbita ficifolia).

Etymology

So called because the fruit can last without decomposing for several years if kept dry after harvest.

Inflected Forms

seven-year melons (plural)

Questions

What does seven-year melon mean?
A Malabar gourd (Cucurbita ficifolia).
Where does seven-year melon come from?
So called because the fruit can last without decomposing for several years if kept dry after harvest.

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