/keuh sah"beuh/ , n.
a variety of the winter melon, Cucumis melo inodorus, having a wrinkled, yellow rind and sweet, juicy, greenish flesh.
Also, cassaba . Also called casaba melon .
[ 1885-90, Amer.; named after Kassaba (now Turgutlu), town near Izmir, Turkey, which exported it ]