CUCUMIS MELO CANTALUPENSIS

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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 ("Cucumis melo cantalupensis" 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 "Cucumis melo cantalupensis"):

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

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