Melon vs. Lemon — What's the Difference?

A melon is any of various plants of the family Cucurbitaceae with sweet, edible, and fleshy fruit. The word "melon" can refer to either the plant or specifically to the fruit.

The lemon (Citrus limon) is a species of small evergreen tree in the flowering plant family Rutaceae, native to South Asia, primarily Northeast India (Assam). The tree's ellipsoidal yellow fruit is used for culinary and non-culinary purposes throughout the world, primarily for its juice, which has both culinary and cleaning uses.

The large round fruit of a plant of the gourd family, with sweet pulpy flesh and many seeds

A spiny evergreen tree (Citrus limon) native to Asia, widely cultivated for its oval yellow fruit.

The Old World plant which yields the melon.

The fruit of this tree, having an aromatic rind and juicy, acid pulp.

A waxy mass in the head of dolphins and other toothed whales, thought to focus acoustic signals.

Lemon yellow.

Any of various vines of the family Cucurbitaceae, especially Cucumis melo or Citrullus lanatus, widely cultivated for their edible fruit.

(Informal) One that is unsatisfactory or defective

The fruit of any of these plants, having a hard rind and juicy flesh.

Lemon-yellow.

A fatty structure in the forehead of cetaceans, especially the toothed whales, thought to be used in the production of high-frequency sounds.

Made from lemons.

Melons Vulgar Slang A woman's breasts.

Tasting or smelling like lemons.

(countable) Any of various plants of the family Cucurbitaceae grown for food, generally not including the cucumber.

A yellowish citrus fruit.

Genus Cucumis, various musk melons, including honeydew, cantaloupes, and horned melon.

A semitropical evergreen tree, Citrus limon, that bears such fruits.

Genus Citrullus, watermelons and others

A taste or flavour/flavor of lemons.

Genus Benincasa, a winter melon

A more or less bright shade of yellow associated with lemon fruits.

Genus Momordica, a bitter melon

(slang) A defective or inadequate item or individual.

(uncountable) Fruit of such plants.

Favor.

(uncountable) A light pinkish orange colour, like that of some melon flesh.

(fandom) A piece of fanfiction involving explicit sex.

Breasts.

Containing or having the flavour/flavor and/or scent of lemons.

The head.

Of the pale yellow colour/color of lemons.

A member of the Green Party, or similar environmental group.

Smart; cheeky, vocal.

(countable) A mass of adipose tissue found in the forehead of all toothed whales, used to focus and modulate vocalizations.

(transitive) To flavour with lemon.

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

An oval or roundish fruit resembling the orange, and containing a pulp usually intensely acid. It is produced by a tropical tree of the genus Citrus, the common fruit known in commerce being that of the species Citrus Limonum or Citrus Medica (var. Limonum). There are many varieties of the fruit, some of which are sweet.

Of a light pinkish orange colour, like that of melon flesh.

The tree which bears lemons; the lemon tree.

The juicy fruit of certain cucurbitaceous plants, as the muskmelon, watermelon, and citron melon; also, the plant that produces the fruit.

Yellow oval fruit with juicy acidic flesh

A large, ornamental, marine, univalve shell of the genus Melo.

A strong yellow color

Any of numerous fruits of the gourd family having a hard rind and sweet juicy flesh

A small evergreen tree that originated in Asia but is widely cultivated for its fruit

Any of various fruit of cucurbitaceous vines including: muskmelons; watermelons; cantaloupes; cucumbers

A distinctive tart flavor characteristic of lemons

An artifact (especially an automobile) that is defective or unsatisfactory