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cantaloupe

[kan-tl-ohp] / ˈkæn tlˌoʊp /
NOUN
muskmelon
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The sweet smell of cantaloupe hung in the air as the crew decorated the machine with a half-Mexican, half-American flag and red, green and white papel picado with the words “Viva Mexico.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2025

I stood in this cantaloupe field in rural California, among seemingly endless lines of fruit waiting to be plucked on a Tuesday this fall.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2025

In the early 1960s, Michoacano cantaloupe farmers acquired lands to expand their production by growing avocados.

From Salon • May 29, 2024

A salmonella outbreak tied to tainted cantaloupe has now killed eight people - three in the U.S. and five in Canada, health officials reported Thursday.

From Washington Times • Dec. 8, 2023

I had never eaten a cantaloupe before, but Dad brought home crates and crates of them.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls




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