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cantaloupe

English

Alternative forms

  • cantaloup, cantalope

Etymology

From French cantaloup, from Italian Cantalupo (a place name), after a former Papal summer estate near Rome, where the melons were first grown after being introduced to Europe.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?kæn.t?.lu?p/
  • (US) IPA(key): /?kæn.t?.lo?p/

Noun

cantaloupe (plural cantaloupes)

  1. A melon of species Cucumis melo subsp. melo with sweet orange flesh, with numerous cultivars in several cultivar groups.
    1. (Britain, Ireland) Smooth-skinned, also known as true cantaloupe, found in the Middle East and also grown in Europe. [From 1739.]
    2. (Australia, US) Having a rough skin resembling netting; also known as muskmelon or rockmelon.
  2. An orange colour, like that of cantaloupe flesh.

Translations

Further reading

  • cantaloupe on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References


Finnish

Noun

cantaloupe

  1. Synonym of verkkomeloni (cantaloupe).

Declension

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