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cantaloupe

can·ta·loupe

UK/ˈkæn.tə.luːp/ US/ˈkæn.tə.loʊp/ uncommon slang uk us

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

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From 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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