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cantaloup, -loupe|ˈkæntəluːp|
Also cantalupe, -leup, canteleup, -lope, -loup, -lupe.
[a. F. cantaloup, ad. It. Cantalupo, the name of a former country seat of the Pope near Rome, where it is said, on its introduction from Armenia, to have been first cultivated.]
A small, round, ribbed variety of musk-melon, of a very delicate flavour.
1739Miller Gard. Dict. II. s.v. Melo, The Cantaleupt [sic] Melon:..the Flesh..is of a rich vinous Flavour. 1763Mills Pract. Husb. IV. 169 The Cantaleupe..is held in the greatest esteem by all the curious in Europe. 1777Cowper Let. 23 Oct. (1904) I. 143 The melon is a crimson Cantalupe. 1786,1813[see rock n.1 9 e]. 1839Penny Cycl. XV. 86/2 Varieties of melons..The Early Cantaloup. 1860Emerson Cond. Life, Wealth Wks. (Bohn) II. 354 The cantaloupes, crooknecks, and cucumbers will send for him. 1863Life in South II. 343 A fine cantalupe melon, at five cents. 1883F. M. Crawford Dr. Claudius xiv, Behold also, his Grace eateth the cantelope. 1890Daily News 18 Sept. 3/1 The very first item on the list is ‘iced cantaloupes’. 1929Times 2 Aug. 14/1 Melon or bailer shells..are almost exactly the same shape, size and colour as rock melons, or canteloups. 1970Natural History Feb. 18/3 Cantaloupes..produce a crop only occasionally. |