Melon

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Melon

An informal term for zero. For example, an investment may be said to generate a melon.

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Cutting a Melon

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That night we went on again with the moon, carrying as many melons as we could with us.

Struggled on all day, but found no more melons, having evidently passed out of their district.

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The ants are eating all the others down by the melon bed."

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Turkmenistan celebrates Melon Day on the second Sunday of August.

Melons of Turkmenistan -- Exotic taste, enthralling aroma, pretty packaging

Qovun Sayli (Melon Festival), which is traditionally held in Khorezm on the eve of Independence Day, has kicked off in Khiva.

Uzbekistan : Melon Festival 2019 kicks off in Khiva

Keywords: Melon seed oil, Fatty acid profile, Bread quality, Volume, Sensory evaluation.

A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON EXTRACTION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF MELON (Cucumis melo) SEED OIL AND ITS APPLICATION IN BAKING

"Traditionally melon sales grow during the summer and then fall in the winter months but this didn't happen last year as the autumn and winter were so mild.

It's melon-mania as they replace pineapples as the UK's fastest growing favourite fruit

MELON mania is sweeping the nation as the versatile fruit appeals to older and younger Brits.

Brits mad for melon

Tesco melon expert James Cackett said: "The quality of UK melons has come on in leaps and bounds.

Shoppers go bananas for Brit melons

ISLAMABAD -- The sale of 'melon' a summer-specialty, is witnessing a surge in sale as price of the juicy fruit is less than other summer fruits.

Summer specialty 'Melons' in high demand

Richard Olukhakha and Rosemary Onyango, parents of Melon Lutenyo and Mevies Imbaya, whom they have raised separately, say their world was turned upside down upon discovering a teenager who looked exactly like one of their daughters.

Parents Speak Of Mystery Of Identical Girls Reunited 19 Years Later

Melon Lutenyo and Mevies Imbayi were later handed to their mother Rosemary Onyango, though she had earlier been informed during clinic visits that she expected triplets.