Căn’ta-leup or Căn’ta-loupe, n.

n. [Fr. cantaloupe, It. cantalupo, so called from the castle of Cantalupo, in the Marca d’Ancona, in Italy, where they are said to have been imported from Armenia.] A small, round, ribbed variety of muskmelon, of a very delicate flavor. [Written also cantaloup.]

An acre well planted will produce 400 bushels of cantaloups. Gardner.