"Rockmelon" redirects here, for the band see Rockmelons

Rockmelons

Rockmelons, often referred to as the Rockies, are an Australian Pop/Dance/R&B group formed in 1983 in Sydney. They are based around Bryon Jones, his brother Jonathon Jones and Raymond Medhurst. They had two Top Five hit singles in the early 1990s with "Ain't No Sunshine" and "That Word ", both sung...

. See also Cantaloupe (disambiguation)

Cantaloupe (disambiguation)

Cantaloupe is a fruit.Cantaloupe may also refer to:* Cantaloupe Island, a jazz standard* Cantaloupe Music, a record label* "Cantaloop" , a 1993 song by Us3...

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Cantaloupe (also cantaloup, mushmelon, muskmelon

Muskmelon

Muskmelon is a species of melon that has been developed into many cultivated varieties. These include smooth skinned varieties such as honeydew, crenshaw and casaba, and different netted cultivars...

, rockmelon or spanspek) refers to a variety of Cucumis melo, a species

Species

In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...

 in the family Cucurbitaceae

Cucurbitaceae

The plant family Cucurbitaceae consists of various squashes, melons, and gourds, including crops such as cucumber, pumpkins, luffas, and watermelons...

 which includes nearly all melon

Melon

thumb|200px|Various types of melonsThis list of melons includes members of the plant family Cucurbitaceae with edible, fleshy fruit e.g. gourds or cucurbits. The word "melon" can refer to either the plant or specifically to the fruit...

s and squashes. Cantaloupes range in size from 0.5 to 5 kg (1.1 to 11 lb). Originally, cantaloupe referred only to the non-netted orange

Orange (colour)

The colour orange occurs between red and yellow in the visible spectrum at a wavelength of about 585–620 nm, and has a hue of 30° in HSV colour space. It is numerically halfway between red and yellow in a gamma-compressed RGB colour space, the expression of which is the RGB colour wheel. The...

-fleshed melons of Europe; however, in more recent usage it has come to mean any orange-fleshed melon (C.