can·ta·loupe also can·ta·loup 
(kăntl-ōp′)
(kăntl-ōp′)n.
1. A variety of melon (Cucumis melo) having a tan rind with netlike ridges and sweet fragrant orange flesh.
2. Any of several other similar melons.
[French cantaloup, from Italian cantalupo (after Cantalupo, a former papal villa near Rome where it was first cultivated in Europe after introduction from Armenia).]
cantaloupeCucumis melo