Noun: cantaloup 'kan-tu,lowp or 'kan-tu,loop [N. Amer], 'kan-tu,loop [Brit]
- The fruit of a cantaloup vine; small to medium-sized melon with yellowish flesh
"She scooped out the seeds of the cantaloup before serving it";
- cantaloupe, rock melon [Austral, NZ]
- A variety of muskmelon vine having fruit with a tan rind and orange flesh
"She sliced the ripe cantaloup for breakfast"; "The cantaloup vine spread across the garden bed";
- cantaloupe, cantaloupe vine, cantaloup vine, Cucumis melo cantalupensis, rock melon [Austral, NZ]
Derived forms: cantaloups
Type of: Cucumis melo, muskmelon, sweet melon, sweet melon vine
Encyclopedia: Cantaloup