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Noun: watermelon  'wo-tu(r),me-lun
  1. 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"
     
  2. 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