† meˈlopepon Obs.
[ad. L. mēlopepon-em, -pepo, a. Gr. µηλοπέπων, f. µῆλο-ν apple + πέπων a kind of gourd (orig. an ellipt. use of πέπων ripe).
In the quots. melopepones may be the Latin plural.]
A kind of melon.
| 1555 Eden Decades 81 An other frute..in tendernes equal to melopepones. 1705 Beverley Hist. Virginia iv. (1722) 124 Their Macocks are a sort of Melopepones, or lesser sort of Pompion. 1727 Bailey vol. II, Melopepon. |