cantaloup vine
- noun
- /ˈkæntəˌloʊp vaɪn/
- US
- 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
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A climbing plant that grows melons like watermelons or cantaloupes
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
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'.