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WATERMELON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large oblong or roundish melon with a hard green rind and sweet watery red or occasionally yellowish pulp
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("watermelon" is a kind of...):
melon (any of numerous fruits of the gourd family having a hard rind and sweet juicy flesh)
Holonyms ("watermelon" is a part of...):
Citrullus vulgaris; watermelon; watermelon vine (an African melon)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An African melon
Synonyms:
Citrullus vulgaris; watermelon; watermelon vine
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("watermelon" is a kind of...):
melon; melon vine (any of various fruit of cucurbitaceous vines including: muskmelons; watermelons; cantaloupes; cucumbers)
Meronyms (parts of "watermelon"):
watermelon (large oblong or roundish melon with a hard green rind and sweet watery red or occasionally yellowish pulp)
Holonyms ("watermelon" is a member of...):
Citrullus; genus Citrullus (a dicot genus of the family Cucurbitaceae including watermelons)
Context examples:
The biologists determined the evolutionary relationships of the different watermelon species and identified entire genes that had been lost during domestication.
(Harvesting genes to improve watermelons, National Science Foundation)
Introducing these genes into cultivated watermelons could yield high-quality, sweet watermelons that are able to grow in more diverse climates, important as climate change increasingly challenges farmers.
(Harvesting genes to improve watermelons, National Science Foundation)
When many people think of watermelons, they think of cultivated watermelons with the sweet, juicy red fruit enjoyed around the world — Citrullus lanatus.
(Harvesting genes to improve watermelons, National Science Foundation)
As humans domesticated watermelons over the past 4,000 years, they selected fruits that were red, sweet and less bitter, said Zhangjun Fei of the Boyce Thompson Institute and co-leader of the effort.
(Harvesting genes to improve watermelons, National Science Foundation)
Researchers have now looked at the genomes of all seven watermelon species, creating a resource that could help plant breeders find wild watermelon genes that offer resistance to pests, diseases, drought and other hardships, and improve fruit quality.
(Harvesting genes to improve watermelons, National Science Foundation)
