CASABA


Meaning of CASABA in English

/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 ]

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