cantaloupe
English
Alternative forms
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.[1]
Pronunciation
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Audio (AU): (file)
Noun
cantaloupe (plural cantaloupes)
- A melon of species Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template. with sweet orange flesh, with numerous cultivars in several cultivar groups.
- An orange colour, like that of cantaloupe flesh.
- cantaloupe:
Translations
melon
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Further reading
- cantaloupe on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “cantaloupe”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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