US, Australian and New Zealand another name for cantaloupe
cantaloupe in British English
or cantaloup (ˈkæntəˌluːp)
noun
1.
a cultivated variety of muskmelon, Cucumis melo cantalupensis, with ribbed warty rind and orange flesh
2.
any of several other muskmelons
Word origin
C18: from French, from Cantaluppi, former papal villa near Rome, where it was first cultivated in Europe
Examples of 'rock melon' in a sentence
rock melon
This protocol was tested on tissue from other fleshy fruit including tomato, rock melon and kiwifruit.
Johnston Jason W, Hallett Ian C, McAtee Peter A, Schaffer Robert J 2009, 'A rapid method of fruit cell isolation for cell size and shape measurements', Plant Methodshttp://www.plantmethods.com/content/5/1/5. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)