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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WINTER MELON

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Winter melon is a noun.
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WHAT DOES WINTER MELON MEAN IN ENGLISH?

winter melon

Winter melon

The winter melon, also called white gourd, winter gourd, tallow gourd, Chinese preserving melon, or ash gourd, is a vine grown for its very large fruit, eaten as a vegetable when mature. It is the only member of the genus Benincasa. The fruit is fuzzy when young. The immature melon has thick white flesh that is sweet when eaten. By maturity, the fruit loses its hairs and develops a waxy coating, giving rise to the name wax gourd, and providing a long shelf life. The melon may grow as large as 80 cm in length. Although the fruit is referred to as a "melon," the fully grown crop is not sweet. Originally cultivated in Southeast Asia, the winter melon is now widely grown in East Asia and South Asia as well. Winter melon is also a common name for members of the Inodorus cultivar group of the muskmelon, more commonly known as casaba or honeydew melons.

Definition of winter melon in the English dictionary

The definition of winter melon in the dictionary is a variety of muskmelon, Cucumis melo inodorus, that has sweet fruit with pale orange flesh and an unridged rind Also called: Persian melon.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WINTER MELON

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Winter Olympic Games
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WORDS THAT END LIKE WINTER MELON

belon
citron melon
cut a melon
echelon
enfelon
Esdraelon
felon
honeydew melon
mamelon
melon
Miquelon
muskmelon
Ogen melon
paddymelon
pademelon
pelon
Persian melon
rock melon
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
watermelon

Synonyms and antonyms of winter melon in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «winter melon» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WINTER MELON

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The translations of winter melon from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «winter melon» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

冬瓜
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

melón de invierno
570 millions of speakers

English

winter melon
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सर्दियों तरबूज
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

البطيخ في فصل الشتاء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

зима дыни
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

melão de inverno
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শীতকালীন তরমুজ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

melon d´hiver
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Melon musim sejuk
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Wintermelone
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

冬瓜
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

겨울 멜론
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Melon mangsa
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

mùa đông dưa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குளிர்கால முலாம்பழம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हिवाळा खरबूज
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kış kavun
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

melone d´inverno
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

melon zimowy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

зима дині
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pepene galben de iarnă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

χειμώνα πεπόνι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

winter meloen
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vinter melon
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

vinter melon
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WINTER MELON»

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Chinese Feasts & Festivals
This doubleboiled recipe uses a whole winter melon as a container for the soup. To impress yourguests, handcarve themelon. Evenasimplezigzagborder alongthetopofthe melon can be interesting. 1small winter melon,about 4lbs/2kg 4 oz (120 ...
S. Moey, 2012
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Food Plants of China
1 lb) of fresh winter melon contains 1.5 g protein, 8 g polysaccharides, 15 g fiber, 1.5 g ash containing compounds of sulfur, phosphorous, and iron, 0.4 g carotene and also thiamine, 0.08 g riboflavin, 1.1 g nicotinic acid, and Vitamin C. Winter ...
Shiu-ying Hu, 2005
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The Wisdom of the Chinese Kitchen: Classic Family Recipes ...
In addition, personal family photographs illustrate these stories and capture the spirit of China before the Revolution, when Young's family lived in Canton, Shanghai, and Hong Kong.
Grace Young, 2014
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A Tradition of Soup: Flavors from China's Pearl River Delta
Then he puts in the prepared ingredients — diced ham, roast pork, roast duck, shark's fin, etc., and returns the winter melon bowl to the steamer; there the soup and bowl continue to cook for 1 Vi hours. MAKING THE SOUP Koi Gardens uses  ...
Teresa M. Chen, 2009
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Burst of Flavor: The Fine Art of Cooking With Spices
Winter melon is a bland vegetable that comes to life with the tastes and textures of the cashew nuts and mushrooms in rich chicken broth. A tasty stock is essential to this soup. Reducing the stock helps to concentrate the flavor, resulting in a ...
Kusuma Cooray, 2001
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Naturally Speaking: Chinese: Recipes and Home Remedies
Winter melon rind, dried and sugared, is a popular traditional sweet in some cultures. A native of tropical Asia and widely grown in many countries, the fresh fruit is probably the most widely-known variety of melon. 1n China, all parts of the fruit, ...
Terry Tan, 2007
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Ancient Wisdom, Modern Kitchen: Recipes from the East for ...
SIMPLE WINTER MELON SOUP MAKES 2 TO 3 SERVINGS Winter melon soup is a popular Chinese dish, often served in banquets or in Cantonese restaurants. For fancy banquets, the soup is cooked in the winter melon itself, and designs ...
Yuan Wang, Warren Sheir, Mika Ono, 2010
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Chinese Cooking For Dummies
Martin Yan. Variation: Considering that this is a winter melon soup, winter melon is obviously an important ingredient. But if your local market doesn't carry it, the cooling flavor of a peeled cucumber can serve as a standin in a pinch.
Martin Yan, 2011
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Seed to Seed: Seed Saving and Growing Techniques for the ...
Benincasa hispida Wax Gourd (Winter Melon) Wax gourd, also known as winter melon, is an important food crop in India and China. Seed is available in the United States under a variety of names including ash gourd, Chinese preserving  ...
Kent Whealy, 2012
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Mastering the Art of Chinese Cooking
ll MAKES 10 To 12 SERVINGS It It is fitting that we conclude this culinary tour of China with a banquet preparation, one that recurs in many parts of the country on many festive occasions. A whole winter melon is used. It is the pot in which an ...
Eileen Yin-Fei Lo, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WINTER MELON»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term winter melon is used in the context of the following news items.
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40 Taiwanese foods we can't live without
Stores that replace pineapple completely with winter melon to cut costs are committing a big no-no. Sunnyhills, No.1, Alley 4, Lane 36, Section 5, Minsheng East ... «CNN, Jul 15»
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Hong Kong meal deals on steak, cooling summer fare and Nespresso
Steamed winter melon with crab claw at Dong Lai Shun. Dong Lai Shun at the Royal Garden hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui is serving cooling summer dishes until the ... «South China Morning Post, Jul 15»
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China struggles to contain the environmental damage of its rapid …
Tendrils of vine wind up a bamboo frame and Mrs Yang reaches across to pluck a winter melon, cracking it open and showing me the rotten inside. She's been ... «BBC News, Jul 15»
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How One Franchisee's Product Idea Ended Up in All Locations
And while the winning recipe, submitted by a store manager, couldn't be added to the menu due to the scarcity of an ingredient—winter melon—it did inspire the ... «Entrepreneur, Jun 15»
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Dim Sum Delights in their Hong Kong Homeland
To offset the humid weather, I ordered white peony tea, a cooling winter melon roll and a cold salad of organic black and snow fungus with mushrooms. «KQED, Jun 15»
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At Home Living: It's farmers' market time, and timing is important
... week, which means that fresh veggies are available after a long stretch of winter. ... sprouts, sweet potatoes, turnips, watermelon, winter melon, winter squash. «Topeka Capital Journal, Apr 15»
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It's the Year of the Sheep -- so let's eat!
WINTER MELON SOUP: This soup is often served on special occasions at Chinese banquets. For the New Year, Lan Sheng is featuring a hot winter melon soup ... «NorthJersey.com, Feb 15»
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Why Hong Kong Lounge II remains at the top of my list
Water was filled, wine was deftly opened and poured, and the waiters asked on each course whether they could help serve such items as the winter melon soup, ... «SFGate, Oct 14»
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Market Basket: Honeydew leaves sweet memories
For the longest time, I thought honeydew melons were simply forgettable. ... is trying to duplicate a recipe that her mother made, which calls for winter melon. «The Daily News Journal, Aug 14»
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Hey, Sugar Baby: 13 New-to-You Melons
With honeydews and other winter melons, the blossom end should give to slight pressure. And with muskmelons and cantaloupes, sniff for a strong fruity aroma. «Yahoo Food, Aug 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Winter melon [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/winter-melon>. Apr 2024 ».
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