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noun the fruit of a variety of winter melon vine; a large smooth greenish-white melon with pale green flesh
originThe noun is derived from honey + dew, originally believed to be a form of dew that fell from the sky like rain onto plants (see sense 1). The adjective is derived from the noun.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0