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n. - The fruit of a particular vine; A variety of muskmelon vine having fruit with a tan rind and orange flesh.

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  • The fruit we call the cantaloupe is really a muskmelon.
  • The first appearance of the word cantaloupe in English was in 1739 in Philip Miller's
  • Suddenly all that aggressive sweetness of the cantaloupe is balanced, and I can taste complexity!
  • My mom painted her house orange (she calls it "cantaloupe") and the roof is green.
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