paddy melonとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

(米国発音) IPA: /ˈpædiˌmɛlən/

(General Australian) IPA: /ˈpædiˌmelən/

別の表記

• paddy-melon, paddy melon, pademelon

名詞

paddymelon (plural paddymelons)

1. (Australia) Any of various cucurbitaceous plants, especially Cucumis myriocarpus, native to Africa but naturalized in inland Australia. [from 19th c.]
   • 1941, Kylie Tennant, The Battlers:

     Not even an occasional clod of earth stowed in the middle of a sack, or a few hefty paddy-melons, could make the toil profitable.

   • 1987, Bruce Chatwin, The Songlines, Vintage, published 1998, page 76:

     The road was a straight band of tarmac and, on either side, there were strips of red dirt with paddy-melon growing over them.

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Alternative forms.

名詞

paddymelon (plural paddymelons)

1. Alternative form of pademelon.