cantaloupe vs Cucumis melo

cantaloupe and Cucumis melo both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cantaloupe	Yes	No	No	No
Cucumis melo	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Cucumis melo is a hypernym of cantaloupe; that is, Cucumis melo is a word with a broader meaning than cantaloupe:

cantaloupe: a variety of muskmelon vine having fruit with a tan rind and orange flesh
Cucumis melo: any of several varieties of vine whose fruit has a netted rind and edible flesh and a musky smell

Other hypernyms of cantaloupe include muskmelon, sweet melon, sweet melon vine.

cantaloupe (noun)	Cucumis melo (noun)
the fruit of a cantaloup vine; small to medium-sized melon with yellowish flesh	any of several varieties of vine whose fruit has a netted rind and edible flesh and a musky smell
a variety of muskmelon vine having fruit with a tan rind and orange flesh