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Cucumis melo
can·ta·loupe
also can·ta·loup (kăn′tl-ōp′)n.
1. A variety of melon (Cucumis melo) having a tan rind with netlike ridges and sweet fragrant orange flesh.
2. Any of several other similar melons.
[French cantaloup, from Italian cantalupo (after Cantalupo, a former papal villa near Rome where it was first cultivated in Europe after introduction from Armenia).]
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cantaloupe
(ˈkæntəˌluːp) orcantaloup
n
1. (Plants) a cultivated variety of muskmelon, Cucumis melo cantalupensis, with ribbed warty rind and orange flesh
2. (Plants) any of several other muskmelons
[C18: from French, from Cantaluppi, former papal villa near Rome, where it was first cultivated in Europe]
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can•ta•loupe
or can•ta•loup
(ˈkæn tlˌoʊp)n.
1. a melon with a hard scaly or warty rind, grown in Europe, Asia, and United States.
2. a muskmelon with a reticulated rind and pale-orange flesh.
[1730–40; < French]
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cantaloupe
A variety of melon with a ribbed rind and orange flesh.
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| Noun | 1. |  cantaloupe - a variety of muskmelon vine having fruit with a tan rind and orange fleshcantaloup, cantaloupe - the fruit of a cantaloup vine; small to medium-sized melon with yellowish flesh Cucumis melo, muskmelon, sweet melon, sweet melon vine - any of several varieties of vine whose fruit has a netted rind and edible flesh and a musky smell |
| 2. | cantaloupe - the fruit of a cantaloup vine; small to medium-sized melon with yellowish flesh muskmelon, sweet melon - the fruit of a muskmelon vine; any of several sweet melons related to cucumbers cantaloup, cantaloup vine, cantaloupe, cantaloupe vine, Cucumis melo cantalupensis - a variety of muskmelon vine having fruit with a tan rind and orange flesh |
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