cantaloup

• Nom désignant une variété de melon à écorce beige et à chair orange, ou le fruit lui-même, de taille petite à moyenne, parfois à chair jaunâtre.

A noun referring to a type of melon vine that produces fruit with a tan rind and orange flesh, or the fruit itself, which is small to medium-sized with yellowish flesh.

1. A type of melonA2formal

   A variety of muskmelon with a tan, netted rind and sweet, orange flesh.

   cantaloup

   • She sliced a fresh cantaloupe for breakfast.
   • The cantaloupe was perfectly ripe and juicy.
   • He added chunks of cantaloupe to the fruit salad.

   Synonymescantaloupemuskmelon

2. The fruit of the cantaloupe vineA2formal

   The edible fruit of the cantaloupe plant, typically small to medium-sized with yellowish flesh.

   cantaloup (fruit du cantaloup)

   • The market had a sale on cantaloupes this week.
   • This cantaloupe tastes very sweet and refreshing.
   • They grew cantaloupes in their garden last summer.

   Synonymescantaloupe