cantaloup, cantaloupe
(noun) the fruit of a cantaloup vine; small to medium-sized melon with yellowish flesh
cantaloupe, cantaloup, cantaloupe vine, cantaloup vine, Cucumis melo cantalupensis
(noun) a variety of muskmelon vine having fruit with a tan rind and orange flesh
Source: WordNet® 3.1
cantaloupe (plural cantaloupes)
A melon of species Cucumis melo subsp. melo with sweet orange flesh, with numerous cultivars in several cultivar groups.
(UK, Ireland) Smooth-skinned, also known as true cantaloupe, found in the Middle East and also grown in Europe. [From 1739.]
(Australia, US) Having a rough skin resembling netting; also known as muskmelon or rockmelon.
An orange colour, like that of cantaloupe flesh.
Source: Wiktionary
Can"ta*loupe, n. Etym: [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.]
Definition: A muskmelon of several varieties, having when mature, a yellowish skin, and flesh of a reddish orange color. [Written also cantaleup.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
16 June 2025
(noun) raspberry of China and Japan having pale pink flowers grown for ornament and for the small red acid fruits
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
