noun
cantaloupe
KAN-tuh-loop
noun
1
A type of muskmelon with sweet orange flesh and a rough, netted or ribbed rind.
"She sliced a ripe cantaloupe for breakfast."
How to Use Cantaloupe
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA sweet orange-fleshed melon.
Word Forms
cantaloupes plural
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Etymology
From Italian Cantalupo, a former papal estate near Rome where the melon was reportedly first grown in Europe.