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Definition of "watermelon" []

  • An African vine (Citrullus lanatus) cultivated for its large edible fruit. (noun)
  • The fruit of this plant, having a hard green rind and sweet watery pink or reddish flesh. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "watermelon" in a sentence
  • "From Antibes and Sardinia, we have another fruit called a watermelon, which is well known in Jamaica, and some of our other colonies."
  • "A sign which shows Obama eating watermelon is clearly appealing to racism."
  • "To borrow from Freud, sometimes a watermelon is just a watermelon."