Meaning

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

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

originFrom French cantaloup, from Italian Cantalupo (a place name), from Italian canto + lupo, literally "howl of the wolf". Named after Cantalupo in Sabina, a former Papal summer estate near Rome, where the melons were first grown after being introduced to Europe.

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