[syn: cantaloup, cantaloupe]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Cantaloupe \Can"ta*loupe\, n. [F. cantaloup, It. cantalupo, so
called from the caste of Cantalupo, in the Marca d'Ancona, in
Italy, where they were first grown in Europe, from seed said
to have been imported from Armenia.]
A muskmelon of several varieties, having when mature, a
yellowish skin, and flesh of a reddish orange color. [Written
also cantaleup.]
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
cantaloupe
n 1: a variety of muskmelon vine having fruit with a tan rind
and orange flesh [syn: cantaloupe, cantaloup,
cantaloupe vine, cantaloup vine, Cucumis melo
cantalupensis]
2: the fruit of a cantaloup vine; small to medium-sized melon
with yellowish flesh [syn: cantaloup, cantaloupe]