turks cap

Melon \Mel"on\ (m[e^]l"[u^]n), n. [F., fr. L. melo, for melopepo
   an apple-shaped melon, Gr. mhlope`pwn; mh^lon apple + pe`pwn
   a species of large melon; cf. L. malum apple. Cf.
   {Marmalade}.]
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   1. (Bot.) The juicy fruit of certain cucurbitaceous plants,
      as the muskmelon, watermelon, and citron melon; also, the
      plant that produces the fruit.
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   2. (Zool.) A large, ornamental, marine, univalve shell of the
      genus {Melo}.
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   {Melon beetle} (Zool.), a small leaf beetle ({Diabrotiea
      vittata}), which damages the leaves of melon vines.

   {Melon cactus}, {Melon thistle}.
      (a) (Bot.) A genus of cactaceous plants ({Melocactus})
          having a fleshy and usually globose stem with the
          surface divided into spiny longitudinal ridges, and
          bearing at the top a prickly and woolly crown in which
          the small pink flowers are half concealed. {Melocactus
          communis}, from the West Indies, is often cultivated,
          and sometimes called {Turk's cap}.
      (b) The related genus {Mamillaria}, in which the stem is
          tubercled rather than ribbed, and the flowers
          sometimes large. See Illust. under {Cactus}.
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Turk \Turk\ (t[^u]rk), n. [Per. Turk; probably of Tartar origin:
   cf. F. Turc.]
   1. A member of any of numerous Tartar tribes of Central Asia,
      etc.; esp., one of the dominant race in Turkey.
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   2. A native or inhabitant of Turkey.
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   3. A Muslim; esp., one living in Turkey. [Archaic]
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            It is no good reason for a man's religion that he
            was born and brought up in it; for then a Turk would
            have as much reason to be a Turk as a Christian to
            be a Christian.                       --Chillingworth.
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   4. (Zool.) The plum weevil. See {Curculio}, and {Plum
      weevil}, under {Plum}.
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   {Turk's cap}. (Bot.)
      (a) Turk's-cap lily. See under {Lily}.
      (b) A tulip.
      (c) A plant of the genus {Melocactus}; Turk's head. See
          {Melon cactus}, under {Melon}.

   {Turk's head}.
      (a) (Naut.) A knot of turbanlike form worked on a rope
          with a piece of small line. --R. H. Dana, Jr.
      (b) (Bot.) See {Turk's cap}
      (c) above.

   {Turk's turban} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Ranunculus};
      crowfoot.
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