1. A variety of muskmelon vine having fruit with a tan rind and orange flesh
   "She sliced the ripe rock melon for breakfast";
   - cantaloupe, cantaloup, cantaloupe vine, cantaloup vine, Cucumis melo cantalupensis
    
2. The fruit of a cantaloup vine; small to medium-sized melon with yellowish flesh
   "She scooped out the seeds of the rock melon before serving it";
   - cantaloup, cantaloupe

Derived forms: rock melons

Type of: Cucumis melo, muskmelon, sweet melon, sweet melon vine

Encyclopedia: Rock melon