单词 | cantaloupe |
释义 | cantaloupen. A small, round, ribbed variety of musk-melon, of a very delicate flavour. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > gourd > [noun] > melon > musk melons muskmelon1573 sugar-melon1600 cantaloupe1739 rock melon1789 mango1866 sweet melon1883 spanspek1886 honeydew1916 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > gourd > melon > other types of melon melopepon1555 muskmelon1573 macock1588 sugar-melon1600 cantaloupe1739 rock cantaloupe1776 rock melon1789 nutmeg melon1811 citron1826 pie melon1857 sweet melon1883 spanspek1886 honeydew1916 pepino1922 Ogen melon1967 1739 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. II. at Melo The Cantaleupt [sic] Melon:..the Flesh..is of a rich vinous Flavour. 1763 J. Mills New Syst. Pract. Husbandry IV. 169 The Cantaleupe..is held in the greatest esteem by all the curious in Europe. 1777 W. Cowper Let. 23 Oct. (1979) I. 273 The Melon is a Crimson Cantalupe. 1786 J. Abercrombie Arrangem. Plants p. vii, in Gardeners Daily Assistant Melons,..Rock Cantaleupe, Black rock Cantaleupe. 1808 C. Vancouver Gen. View Agric. Devon i. 7 From two of these hills, which were occupied by three plants each, 6½ brace..of the rock-cantelope melon, were cut. 1839 Penny Cycl. XV. 86/2 Varieties of melons..The Early Cantaloup. 1860 R. W. Emerson Wealth in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 95 The cantelopes, crook-necks, and cucumbers will send for him. 1863 Life in South II. 343 A fine cantalupe melon, at five cents. 1883 F. M. Crawford Dr. Claudius xiv Behold also, his Grace eateth the cantelope. 1890 Daily News 18 Sept. 3/1 The very first item on the list is ‘iced cantaloupes’. 1929 Times 2 Aug. 14/1 Melon or bailer shells..are almost exactly the same shape, size and colour as rock melons, or canteloups. 1970 Nat. Hist. Feb. 18/3 Cantaloupes..produce a crop only occasionally. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1739 |
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