Is a WaterMelon a fruit or vegetable?!


Question: Is a WaterMelon a fruit or vegetable!?
Answers:
It's both:

Watermelon is a Fruit
Watermelon is the fruit of a plant originally from a vine of southern Africa!. The watermelon fruit, loosely considered a type of melon (although not in the genus Cucumis), has a smooth exterior rind and a juicy, sweet, usually red interior flesh!. The species descriptor Citrullus vulgaris is sometimes, synonymously, used to refer to this plant (vulgaris meaning "common" — Shosteck, 1974)!. Like the pepper, tomato, and pumpkin, watermelon is botanically a fruit!. According to Webster’s dictionary and Wikipedia, a fruit is the ripened ovary of a seed plant and its contents, and a watermelon is a large oblong roundish fruit (2004, 2006)!. Consumers use watermelon primarily as a fruit because of its sweet flavor and refreshing qualities!.

Watermelon is also a Vegetable
According to Webster’s dictionary a vegetable is anything made or obtained from plants (2004)!. Watermelon is a member of the cucurbitaceae plant family of gourds (classified as Citrullus Lantus), related to the cucumber, squash, and pumpkin (Maynard, 2001)!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

At first glance, I said fruit, but after a little research, now I think it's a vegetable!.

The watermelon is Oklahoma's state vegetable! =o And watermelon seeds are usually in the vegetable seed section of stores (but WHOLE watermelons are usually in the fruit section of stores)

I read, though, that a watermelon is in the same family as cucumbers, squash, and pumpkins (all three of those are veggies), so while it is a common misconception that a watermelon is a fruit, it is actually a vegetable!. Www@FoodAQ@Com

haha, this is a funny question! Watermelon is known as a fruit! Www@FoodAQ@Com

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