muskmelon /ˈmʌskˌmɛlən/ noun2 •A true melon (Cucumis melo): such a plant or its fruit, especially one with sweet flesh. •The type of such melon plant whose fruit has a netted rind and sweet aromatic flesh, Cucumis melo Reticulatus Group (sometimes merged into Cantalupensis Group); the fruit thereof. formsmuskmelons