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cantabrigian |
cantala |
cantalever |
cantaloup |
cantaloup vine |
cantaloupe
| cantaloupe vine
| cantankerous
| cantankerously
| cantar
| cantarro
cantaloupe
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun cantaloupe has 2 senses
- cantaloupe(n = noun.plant) cantaloup, cantaloup vine, cantaloupe vine, cucumis melo cantalupensis - a variety of muskmelon vine having fruit with a tan rind and orange flesh; Array has parts: cantaloup, cantaloupe
- cantaloupe(n = noun.food) cantaloup - the fruit of a cantaloup vine; small to medium-sized melon with yellowish flesh; Array is a kind of muskmelon, sweet melon
is a kind of cucumis melo, muskmelon, sweet melon, sweet melon vine
is a part of cantaloup, cantaloup vine, cantaloupe, cantaloupe vine, cucumis melo cantalupensis
CIDE DICTIONARY
cantaloupe, n. [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.].
A muskmelon of several varieties, having when mature, a yellowish skin, and flesh of a reddish orange color. [1913 Webster]
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