cantaloup vine
- noun
- /ˈkæntəˌloʊp vaɪn/
- US
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planta de cantalupo
- The cantaloup vine thrives in warm climates with plenty of sunshine.
Examples
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Pests can damage the leaves of the cantaloup vine before the melons are ready to harvest.
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After planting the cantaloup vine, gardeners eagerly awaited its sweet fruit.
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The cantaloup vine grows well in warm climates.
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Do you know how to care for a cantaloup vine?
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After planting the cantaloup vine, gardeners eagerly awaited its sweet fruit.
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Pests can damage the leaves of the cantaloup vine before the melons are ready to harvest.
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The cantaloup vine thrives in warm climates with plenty of sunshine.
Synonyms
A plant that grows round melons with rough tan skin and orange flesh
A type of melon with rough tan skin and sweet orange flesh
A vine that makes sweet melons like cantaloupe or honeydew
A vine that grows sweet melons with a netted rind, like cantaloupe
A climbing plant that grows melons like watermelons or cantaloupes
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a vine that produces cantaloupe melons' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'cantaloup' (a melon) with 'vine' (a climbing/long-stem plant). This straightforward noun–noun compositional pattern (fruit + plant) is common cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Cantaloup vine names the plant that grows cantaloup on a long vine; imagine a long stem carrying round, orange melons across the ground. So, it means 'a plant that produces cantaloupe melons'.
