Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An African vine (Citrullus lanatus) cultivated for its large edible fruit.
- n. The fruit of this plant, having a hard green rind and sweet watery pink or reddish flesh.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A plant, Citrullus vulgaris (frequently named Cucumis Citrullus), or its fruit. The plant, supposed to be of Asiatic origin, is a slender trailing vine, requiring a warm soil. The fruit (a pepo) is of a spherical or usually elongated form, 1½ or 2 feet long, smooth and green, or sometimes variegated on the outside, containing within a rose-colored or sometimes yellowish pulp, pleasantly flavored, and abounding in a refreshing sweetish watery juice. The watermelon is largely cultivated in Egypt, India, China, Japan, America, southern France, and elsewhere.
Wiktionary
- n. A plant of the species Citrullus lanatus, bearing a melon-like fruit.
- n. The fruit of the watermelon plant, having a green rind and watery flesh that is bright red when ripe and contains black pips.
- n. pejorative, slang An environmentalist with socialist leanings (from the similarity to the fruit, being green on the outside, and red on the inside).
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Bot.) The very large ovoid or roundish fruit of a cucurbitaceous plant (Citrullus vulgaris) of many varieties; also, the plant itself. The fruit sometimes weighs many pounds; its pulp is usually pink in color, and full of a sweet watery juice. It is a native of tropical Africa, but is now cultivated in many countries. See
Illust. of melon.
WordNet 3.0
- n. large oblong or roundish melon with a hard green rind and sweet watery red or occasionally yellowish pulp
- n. an African melon
Etymologies
- water + melon (Wiktionary)
Examples
“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.”
“Because of its high water content, watermelon is a very low-calorie snack.”
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“Yes | No | Report from bamaoutdoorsman93 wrote 14 weeks 6 days ago arbogast hula popper, zoom trick worm in watermelon seed, charteusse tiki stick worm, buzz bait, heddon tiny torpedo, beetle spin, original rapala”
“Inside, the watermelon is bright red, turgid with juice, with a crisp texture and a thin rind.”
“Just a couple of months ago, many in the liberal blogosphere were up in arms that a college prof was forced to resign for using an exam question in which “Condoleezza” drops a watermelon from the roof of a government building.”
Think Progress » Answering His First Question, Tony Snow Misleads White House Press Corps
“And we had some of the basketball-sized seedless watermelon from the farmbox for dessert.”
“It takes just minutes to make using crispy sweet watermelon from the farmers market, some fresh lemon juice and simple syrup.”
“A soft-bait man, Sampson recommends a 5-inch Zoom Super Fluke in watermelon or green pumpkinseed with a wide-gap No. 2 or 3 hook.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘watermelon’.
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water phrases/words
how water is used
above water, across, over, on ..., all on a water, attend, watch (a ..., bear water, to, be on the water, to, bran and water, brandy-and-water, bread and water, burning water, by water, †cast, look, look... and 906 more...
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Reds
crimson, blood, scarlet, rott, rojo, brick, fire engine, vermilion, carmine, burgundy, amaranth, alizarin and 115 more...
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Uncommon Colours
azure, myrtle, periwinkle, viridian, jade, emerald, lime, chartreuse, asparagus, celadon, harlequin, olive and 147 more...
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Ditrochaic Words with the Accent on t...
This is my favorite meter for single words. You could call it BUH-duh-buh-duh.
I collect them and cherish them; please add some. Phrases are also accepted if they've, you know, got it.helicopter, stratocaster, watermelon, telecaster, percolator, studebaker, flabbergasted, dramaturgy, carburator, copenhagen, pomegranate, metallurgy and 13 more...
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POL - partisan
fraction, internal grumbling, Laborites, party bigwig, party boss, party chief, party line, placeman, rank and file, step out of line, the rank and file..., transnational party and 79 more...
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Open List - Partisan Political Pejora...
A list of pejorative names for "the other" political group(s), from decepticrat to neotard.
neotard, eco-socialist, Red Green, watermelon, libidiot, sheeple, libertard, decepticrat, dummycrat, democrook, republicon, reich wing and 57 more...
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Color Words for Shoes
Vendors can get oddly creative.
amaranth, brindle, iguana, slate black, madder brown, bison, pinecone, seal brown, forest night, burnt orange, monument, beet red and 399 more...
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figgiegirl's list
Words that have some type of sensual innuendo or linkage
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alopecia
i suppose, all of the words & phrases yoni wolf uses in alopecia, that i love.
ladies man, landmine, cavalier, consumer grade video, single's bingo, all-time gringo, calculated birth, manila envelope, mortaring, houdini, punchline, circus mirrors and 160 more...
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Foodie
As much fun to say as they are to eat.
blueberry, cider, almond, apricot, asparagus, banana, fudge, foldover, flapjacks, filbert, fig, biscuit and 217 more...
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Flutter
tuberose, golden apple, apple cider, unicorn, extraordinary, Pleiades, Merope, speckle, glitter, rose, pitter-pat, whale and 314 more...
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Groceries
strawberries, baby spinach, black beans, cinnamon, oranges, apples, fstg multigrain t..., olive oil, simply orange juice, tomato sauce, wholly guacamole, salt sense and 115 more...
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hedges's Words
wii, crepuscule, adumbrate, concatenation, sufi, qawwali, furry, riot, mellifluous, conspiracy, etymology, tea cozy and 369 more...
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Compounds That Look Freakish
You know who you are, freakish compounds. Though very useful, some of these words just don't seem right together--or, their meanings are so far from what the two (or more) component words suggest t...
nightjar, bullfinch, grassquit, bananaquit, ovenbird, waxwing, stonechat, wheatear, bushtit, wrentit, starthroat, godwit and 158 more...
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Words Covered in Faery Dust (W)
words that evoke magic, mystery, mayhem, magnificence or anything else that glimmers in the grass
wail, waistcoat, wales, wallflower, wand, wandering, wanderlust, waning, ward, wardrobe, warp, wassail and 97 more...
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food
food, chef, spice, salt, sugar, pumpkin, apples, fruit, vegetable, savory, soup, sauce and 280 more...
Tweets
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oroboros 66 ft. 11 inches is the current world record for spitting a watermelon seed. Set in 1989. (via NPR's Says You) Sep 25, 2010
hernesheir Green on the outside, red on the inside. Used as a derogatory nickname for environmentalists who put social goals ahead of environmental ones. Jan 19, 2010