Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cantaloupe"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cantaloupe \Can"ta*loupe\, 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. [Written
also {cantaleup}.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
cantaloupe
n 1: a variety of muskmelon vine having fruit with a tan rind and
orange flesh [syn: {cantaloup}, {cantaloupe vine}, {Cucumis
melo cantalupensis}]
2: the fruit of a cantaloup vine; small to medium-sized melon
with yellowish flesh [syn: {cantaloup}]
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