paddymelon

Any of various cucurbitaceous plants, especially Cucumis myriocarpus, native to Africa but naturalized in inland Australia.

Not even an occasional clod of earth stowed in the middle of a sack, or a few hefty paddy-melons, could make the toil profitable.

The road was a straight band of tarmac and, on either side, there were strips of red dirt with paddy-melon growing over them.

Alternative form of pademelon.