CANTALOUP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cantaloup mean? 

• CANTALOUP (noun)
  The noun CANTALOUP has 2 senses:

1. a variety of muskmelon vine having fruit with a tan rind and orange flesh

2. the fruit of a cantaloup vine; small to medium-sized melon with yellowish flesh

  Familiarity information: CANTALOUP used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CANTALOUP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A variety of muskmelon vine having fruit with a tan rind and orange flesh

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

cantaloup; cantaloup vine; cantaloupe; cantaloupe vine; Cucumis melo cantalupensis

Hypernyms ("cantaloup" is a kind of...):

Cucumis melo; muskmelon; sweet melon; sweet melon vine (any of several varieties of vine whose fruit has a netted rind and edible flesh and a musky smell)

Meronyms (parts of "cantaloup"):

cantaloup; cantaloupe (the fruit of a cantaloup vine; small to medium-sized melon with yellowish flesh)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The fruit of a cantaloup vine; small to medium-sized melon with yellowish flesh

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

cantaloup; cantaloupe

Hypernyms ("cantaloup" is a kind of...):

muskmelon; sweet melon (the fruit of a muskmelon vine; any of several sweet melons related to cucumbers)

Holonyms ("cantaloup" is a part of...):

cantaloup; cantaloup vine; cantaloupe; cantaloupe vine; Cucumis melo cantalupensis (a variety of muskmelon vine having fruit with a tan rind and orange flesh)