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2 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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