cantaloupe

• Nom désignant une variété de melon à peau brune réticulée et à chair orange sucrée, ou la plante grimpante qui produit ce fruit.

A noun referring to a type of melon with a tan, netted rind and sweet, orange flesh, or the vine that produces this fruit.

1. A type of melonA1formal

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

   cantaloup

   • I bought a ripe cantaloupe from the market.
   • She sliced the cantaloupe into small pieces for the fruit salad.
   • Cantaloupe is a refreshing fruit on a hot summer day.

   Synonymesmuskmelon

2. The fruit of the cantaloupe vineA1formal

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

   Cantaloup

   • The cantaloupe was perfectly sweet and juicy.
   • He grew cantaloupes in his garden this year.
   • We had cantaloupe for breakfast with yogurt.

   Synonymescantaloup