cantaloupe

  1. Noun.  (Europe) A type of melon, ''Cucumis melo cantalupensis''; ''also known as "true cantaloupe"''.(defdate, From 1739.) .
  2. Noun.  (Australia, US) A type of melon, ''Cucumis melo reticulatus'', with sweet orange flesh and a rough skin resembling netting; ''also known as muskmelon or rockmelon''.

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