Noun: watermelon 'wo-tu(r),me-lun
- Large oblong or roundish melon with a hard green rind and sweet watery red or occasionally yellowish pulp
"Children eagerly bit into slices of juicy watermelon at the summer picnic"
- A climbing vine native to Africa bearing large round fruit with sweet watery pink flesh and a thick green rind
"They planted watermelons in long rows";
- watermelon vine, Citrullus vulgaris
Derived forms: watermelons
Type of: melon, melon vine
Part of: Citrullus, genus Citrullus
Encyclopedia: Watermelon, Chicken & Gritz