WATERMELON

Watermelon

Watermelon is a vine-like flowering plant originally from southern Africa. Its fruit, which is also called watermelon, is a special kind referred to by botanists as a pepo, a berry which has a thick rind and fleshy center . Pepos are derived from an inferior ovary, and are characteristic of the Cucurbitaceae. The watermelon fruit, loosely considered a type of melon – although not in the genus Cucumis – has a smooth exterior rind and a juicy, sweet interior flesh .

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watermelon

Noun

  1. A plant of the species , bearing a melon-like fruit.
  2. The fruit of the watermelon plant, having a green rind and watery flesh that is bright red when ripe and contains black pips.
  3. An environmentalist with socialist leanings (from the similarity to the fruit, being green on the outside, and red on the inside).


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