cantaloupe
Cantalupensis Group sensu stricto, with non- or slightly netted rind, also known as…Cucumis melo Cantalupensis Group, a cultivar group melon with sweet aromatic orange flesh, including two main types: Cantalupensis Group sensu stricto, with non- or slightly netted rind, also known as true cantaloupe or European cantaloupe, found in the Middle East and Europe.
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4 sensesCucumis melo Cantalupensis Group, a cultivar group melon with sweet aromatic orange flesh, including two main types:
(Ireland, UK, countable, uncountable)Cantalupensis Group sensu stricto, with non- or slightly netted rind, also known as true cantaloupe or European cantaloupe, found in the Middle East and Europe.
Cantaloupe-Melone
канталу́паkantalúpa, ды́няdýnja
(Australia, Canada, US, countable, uncountable)Reticulatus Group (now merged into Cantalupensis Group), with strongly netted rind, also known as American cantaloupe, muskmelon or rockmelon.
(countable, uncountable)An orange colour, like that of cantaloupe flesh.
a variety of muskmelon vine having fruit with a tan rind and orange flesh
(countable, usually plural, slang)A woman's breasts, particularly large breasts.
Distracted by the way that the sudden gust of wind exposed the girl's bare thighs, he tripped on the uneven sidewalk and faceplanted straight into her soft cantaloupes.
Examples
9 sentencesDid you buy a cantaloupe?
Tom likes cantaloupe.
deTom isst gerne Warzenmelonen. — wolfgangth
How fresh are the cantaloupes?
Do you guys want honeydew and cantaloupe?
This type of melon is called cantaloupe.
Translations
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Origin
From French cantaloup, from Italian Cantalupo (a place name), from Italian canto + lupo, lFrom French cantaloup, from Italian Cantalupo (a place name), from Italian canto + lupo, literally "howl of the wolf".
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Forms
plural: cantaloupes| Singular | cantaloupe |
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Synonyms
5 synonyms- a variety of muskmelon vine having fruit with a tan rind and orange flesh:cantaloupcantaloupe vinecantaloup vineCucumis melo cantalupensis
- the fruit of a cantaloup vine; small to medium-sized melon with yellowish flesh:cantaloup
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable