WATERMELON VINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does watermelon vine mean? 

• WATERMELON VINE (noun)
  The noun WATERMELON VINE has 1 sense:

1. an African melon

  Familiarity information: WATERMELON VINE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WATERMELON VINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An African melon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Citrullus vulgaris; watermelon; watermelon vine

Hypernyms ("watermelon vine" is a kind of...):

melon; melon vine (any of various fruit of cucurbitaceous vines including: muskmelons; watermelons; cantaloupes; cucumbers)

Meronyms (parts of "watermelon vine"):

watermelon (large oblong or roundish melon with a hard green rind and sweet watery red or occasionally yellowish pulp)

Holonyms ("watermelon vine" is a member of...):

Citrullus; genus Citrullus (a dicot genus of the family Cucurbitaceae including watermelons)