Cassaba
casaba.
a variety of the winter melon, Cucumis melo inodorus, having a wrinkled, yellow rind and sweet, juicy, greenish flesh.
Historical Examples
Alligator pears, cassaba melon or other fruit may be substituted for above.
New Royal Cook Book Anonymous
Many rugs are sold under the name of cassaba, which are really woven at Sparta.
Rugs: Oriental and Occidental, Antique & Modern Rosa Belle Holt
noun
a variant spelling of casaba
noun
a kind of winter muskmelon having a yellow rind and sweet juicy flesh
n.
1889, from Kasaba, old name of Turgutlu, in Aegean Turkey, whence the melons were imported to U.S. The old name is literally “the town.”
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