cantaloupe

• cantaloup, canteloupe

From French cantaloup, from Italian Cantalupo (a place name), from Italian canto + lupo, literally "howl of the wolf".

Named after a former Papal summer estate near Rome, where the melons were first grown after being introduced to Europe.^[1]

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkæn.tə.luːp/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkæn.tə.loʊp/

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cantaloupe (plural cantaloupes)

1. Cucumis melo Cantalupensis Group, a cultivar group melon with sweet aromatic orange flesh, including two main types:
   1. (UK, Ireland) Cantalupensis Group sensu stricto, with non- or slightly netted rind, also known as true cantaloupe or European cantaloupe, found in the Middle East and Europe. [From 1739.]
   2. (Australia, Canada, US) Reticulatus Group (now merged into Cantalupensis Group), with strongly netted rind, also known as American cantaloupe, muskmelon or rockmelon.
2. An orange colour, like that of cantaloupe flesh.

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From English cantaloupe, from French cantaloup.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑntɑluːp/, [ˈkɑ̝n̪t̪ɑ̝luːp]

cantaloupe

1. Synonym of verkkomeloni (“cantaloupe”).