Noun: cantaloupe '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 cantaloupe before serving it";
- cantaloup, rock melon [Austral, NZ]
- A variety of muskmelon vine having fruit with a tan rind and orange flesh
"She sliced the ripe cantaloupe for breakfast"; "Cantaloupe vines spread across the sunny garden plot";
- cantaloup, cantaloupe vine, cantaloup vine, Cucumis melo cantalupensis, rock melon [Austral, NZ]
Derived forms: cantaloupes
Type of: Cucumis melo, muskmelon, sweet melon, sweet melon vine
Encyclopedia: Cantaloupe