watermelon

A large, oblong or roundish fruit with a hard green rind and sweet, watery red or occasionally yellowish pulp, originally from Africa.

• 🇩🇪Große, längliche oder runde Frucht mit harter grüner Schale und süßem, wässrigem rotem oder manchmal gelblichem Fruchtfleisch, ursprünglich aus Afrika.

1. A large fruit A1 formal

   A large, oblong or round fruit with a hard green rind and sweet, watery, red or occasionally yellow flesh.

   • We ate a slice of cold watermelon on a hot summer day.
   • The watermelon was so ripe and juicy.
   • She carved a watermelon into a basket for the fruit salad.

   🇩🇪Wassermelone

2. The plant B1 formal

   The plant (Citrullus lanatus) that produces this fruit, native to Africa.

   • Watermelon plants need a lot of sun and water to grow.
   • Farmers in the region cultivate watermelon in sandy soil.
   • The watermelon vine spread across the entire patch.

   🇩🇪Wassermelone (Pflanze)

• watermelons plural form
• watermelons' possessive plural form
• watermelon's possessive singular form