Muskmelon vs. Honeydew — What's the Difference?

Any of several varieties of the melon Cucumis melo, such as the cantaloupe, having fruit characterized by a netted rind and edible flesh with a musky aroma.

A sweet, sticky substance excreted by aphids and often deposited on leaves and stems.

The fruit of any of these plants.

A melon of a variety with smooth pale skin and sweet green flesh.

A type of melon, Cucumis melo subsp. melo, with sweet orange flesh and a rough skin resembling netting.

A sweet sticky substance excreted by insects, such as aphids, that feed on plant sap. Honeydew sometimes accumulates on leaves and other plant parts.

The fruit of a cucurbitaceous plant (Cucumis Melo) of the gourd family, having a peculiar aromatic flavor, and cultivated in many varieties, the principal sorts being the cantaloupe, of oval form and yellowish flesh, and the smaller nutmeg melon with greenish flesh. See Illust. of Melon.

A honeydew melon.

Any of several varieties of vine whose fruit has a netted rind and edible flesh and a musky smell

(uncountable) A sweet, sticky substance deposited on leaves and other plant parts by insects (especially aphids and scale insects) feeding on plant sap, or by fungi.

The fruit of a muskmelon vine; any of several sweet melons related to cucumbers

(by extension)

(uncountable) A sweet liquid substance resembling the substance mentioned in sense 1, such as honey, nectar, or manna in the Bible.

(uncountable) A blackish mould (often called sooty mould) produced by fungi of the order Dothideales, feeding on the substance mentioned in sense 1.

In full honeydew tobacco: a fine sort of tobacco moistened with a sweet substance (originally molasses).

(countable) rind]]

Something that is enjoyable or pleasant.

Of a light green colour, like the flesh of some honeydew melons.

A sweet, saccharine substance, found on the leaves of trees and other plants in small drops, like dew. Two substances have been called by this name; one exuded from the plants, and the other secreted by certain insects, esp. aphids.

A kind of tobacco moistened with molasses.

A honeydew melon.

The fruit of a variety of winter melon vine; a large smooth-skinned greenish-white melon with pale green flesh