cantaloupe Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a variety of muskmelon vine having fruit with a tan rind and orange flesh
    cantaloupe vine; Cucumis melo cantalupensis; cantaloup vine; cantaloup.
  2. noun the fruit of a cantaloup vine; small to medium-sized melon with yellowish flesh
    cantaloup.

WordNet

Can"ta*loupe noun
Etymology
F. cantaloup, It. cantalupo, so called from the caste of Cantalupo, in the Marca d'Ancona, in Italy, where they were first grown in Europe, from seed said to have been imported from Armenia.
Definitions
  1. A muskmelon of several varieties, having when mature, a yellowish skin, and flesh of a reddish orange color. Written also cantaleup.

Webster 1913