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CANTALOUPE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

cantaloup; cantaloupe

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("cantaloupe" is a kind of...):

muskmelon; sweet melon (the fruit of a muskmelon vine; any of several sweet melons related to cucumbers)

Holonyms ("cantaloupe" is a part of...):

cantaloup; cantaloup vine; cantaloupe; cantaloupe vine; Cucumis melo cantalupensis (a variety of muskmelon vine having fruit with a tan rind and orange flesh)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

cantaloup; cantaloup vine; cantaloupe; cantaloupe vine; Cucumis melo cantalupensis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("cantaloupe" is a kind of...):

Cucumis melo; muskmelon; sweet melon; sweet melon vine (any of several varieties of vine whose fruit has a netted rind and edible flesh and a musky smell)

Meronyms (parts of "cantaloupe"):

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

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