| 单词 | cantaloupe |
| 释义 | cantaloupe /kan"tl ohp'/, n. 1. a variety of melon, Cucumis melo cantalupensis, of the gourd family, having a hard scaly or warty rind, grown in Europe, Asia, and the United States. 2. a muskmelon having a reticulated rind and pale-orange flesh. Also, cantaloup. [1730-40; < F, allegedly after Cantaluppi, a papal estate near Rome where cultivation of this melon is said to have begun in Europe, though a comparable It word is not attested until much later than the F word, and Cantaloup, a village in Languedoc, has also been proposed as the source] |
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