CANTALOUPE

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

Etymology

Noun

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