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Melon vs Meson - What's the difference?

melon | meson |

As nouns the difference between melon and meson

is that melon is melon while meson is .

melon

English

(wikipedia melon)

Etymology 1

(etyl) melon, from .

Noun

  • (countable) Any of various plants of the family Cucurbitaceae grown for food, generally not including the cucumber.
  • # Genus Cucurbita , various musk melons, including the honeydew and the cantaloupes, and the horned melon.
  • # Genus , the watermelon and others
  • # Genus Benincasa , a winter melon
  • # Genus , the bitter melon
  • (uncountable) The fruit of such plants.
  • (uncountable) A light pinkish orange colour, like that of some melon flesh.
  • (in the plural, slang) Breasts.
  • * 2013 , K. L. Brady, Got a Right to Be Wrong (page 107)
  • “Wait a minute.” I said. “James with another woman? Mommy, that doesn't even sound right?” “It's true. I caught him squeezing her melons .”
  • (countable, slang) The head.
  • (countable, Australia, New Zealand, derogatory) A member of the Green Party, or similar environmental group.
  • (countable) A mass of adipose tissue found in the forehead of all toothed whales, used to focus and modulate vocalizations.
  • Adjective

  • Of a light pinkish orange colour, like that of melon flesh.
  • Derived terms
    * * melon beetle * melon cactus * * melon thistle * * * * * * *

    See also

    * calabash * cantaloupe * casaba * crenshaw * melinite * spanspek *

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (-)
  • (chemistry) The result of heptazine being polymerized with the tri-s-triazine units linked through an amine (NH) link.
  • Anagrams

    * (l) ----

    meson

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (wikipedia meson) (en noun)
  • (rare, outside, entomology) The mesial plane dividing the body into similar right and left halves.
  • Etymology 2

    From .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A member of a group of subatomic particles having a mass intermediate between electrons and protons. (The most easily detected mesons fit this definition.)
  • (now specifically, particle) An elementary particle that is composed of a quark and an antiquark, such as a kaon or pion. (Mesons composed of rarer quarks are much heavier.)
  • Synonyms
    * mesotron
    Derived terms
    * mesonic

    Anagrams

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