paddymelon
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Apparently from paddy + melon. In some forms after pademelon.
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
paddymelon (plural paddymelons)
- (Australia) Any of various cucurbitaceous plants, especially Cucumis myriocarpus, native to Africa but naturalized in inland Australia. [from 19th c.]
- 1941, Kylie Tennant, The Battlers:
- Not even an occasional clod of earth stowed in the middle of a sack, or a few hefty paddy-melons, could make the toil profitable.
- 1987, Bruce Chatwin, The Songlines, Vintage, published 1998, page 76:
- The road was a straight band of tarmac and, on either side, there were strips of red dirt with paddy-melon growing over them.
Etymology 2[edit]
Alternative forms.
Noun[edit]
paddymelon (plural paddymelons)
- Alternative form of pademelon