cantaloupe

/ˌkæntlˈoʊp/

/ˈkæntələʊp/

Other forms: cantaloupes

A cantaloupe is a small melon with rough skin and orange flesh. If you are making fruit salad, don't forget the cantaloupe.

The jury has long been out on this word's origins, but it's thought to be a place where the melon was cultivated: Cantaluppi in Italy, or Cantaloup in France. Either way, the cantaloupe is a delicious melon with tan rind and orange flesh. Many people enjoy some cantaloupe with breakfast or anytime as a snack. You can eat cantaloupe slices or you can stick a spoon in half a cantaloupe and go to town.

Definitions of cantaloupe

1. noun

   a variety of muskmelon vine having fruit with a tan rind and orange flesh
   synonyms: Cucumis melo cantalupensis, cantaloup, cantaloup vine, cantaloupe vine

   type of:

   Cucumis melo, muskmelon, sweet melon, sweet melon vine

   any of several varieties of vine whose fruit has a netted rind and edible flesh and a musky smell
2. noun

   the fruit of a cantaloup vine; small to medium-sized melon with yellowish flesh
   synonyms: cantaloup

   type of:

   muskmelon, sweet melon

   the fruit of a muskmelon vine; any of several sweet melons related to cucumbers