From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishmelonmel‧on /ˈmelən/ ●●○ noun [countable, uncountable] 
DFFa large round fruit with sweet juicy flesh
DFFa large round fruit with sweet juicy fleshExamples from the Corpus
melon• By now my man was seeing the ball like a melon.• But when she got closer he saw it was only a melon.• Their thefts of milk, honey, and melons from local household plots he ironically termed as acts of smychka.• The picture can then be outlined using seeds - peppers, coriander, melon, etc.• Her cheeks are flushed the fluorescent melon orange that also glimmers on her lower lip.• Also, you really, really need to go to the bathroom; your bladder is pressing within like an overripe melon.• Farmworkers say melons are grown and harvested in the greenhouses.Origin melon (1300-1400) French Late Latin melo, from Latin melopepo, from Greek, from melon “apple” + pepo “gourd” 