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watermelon
(wɔːtəʳmelən)
Word forms: plural watermelons
variable noun
A watermelon is a large round fruit with green skin, pink flesh, and black seeds.
watermelon in British English
(ˈwɔːtəˌmɛlən)
noun
1.
an African melon, Citrullus vulgaris, widely cultivated for its large edible fruit
2.
the fruit of this plant, which has a hard green rind and sweet watery reddish flesh
watermelon in American English
(ˈwɔtərˌmɛlən)
noun
1.
a large, round or oblong, edible fruit with a hard, green rind and sweet, juicy, pink or red pulp containing many seeds
2.
the widely cultivated, tropical African trailing vine (Citrullus lanatus) of the gourd family, on which it grows
Word origin
water + melon: from its abundant watery juiceImage ofwatermelon
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British English: watermelon /ˈwɔːtəˌmɛlən/ NOUN
A watermelon is a large, round fruit with green skin, pink flesh, and black seeds.
- American English: watermelon
- Arabic: بَطِّيخَ
- Brazilian Portuguese: melancia
- Chinese: 西瓜
- Croatian: lubenica
- Czech: vodní meloun
- Danish: vandmelon
- Dutch: watermeloen
- European Spanish: sandía
- Finnish: vesimeloni
- French: pastèque
- German: Wassermelone
- Greek: καρπούζι
- Italian: anguria
- Japanese: スイカ
- Korean: 수박
- Norwegian: vannmelon
- Polish: arbuz
- European Portuguese: melancia
- Romanian: pepene verde
- Russian: арбуз
- Latin American Spanish: sandía
- Swedish: vattenmelon
- Thai: แตงโม
- Turkish: karpuz
- Ukrainian: кавун
- Vietnamese: dưa hấu
Chinese translation of 'watermelon'
watermelon
(ˈwɔːtəmɛlən)
n (c)
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西瓜
(xīguā) (个(個), gè)