Watermelon

English

Noun

watermelon (plural watermelon)

1. A plant of the genus Citrullus, a variety of melon.
2. The fruit of the watermelon plant, having a green rind and watery flesh that is bright red when ripe and contains black pips.
3. (derogatory slang) An environmentalist with socialist leanings (from the similarily to the fruit, being green on the outside, and red on the inside).

Translations

plant

Dutch: watermeloen f Finnish: vesimeloni French: pastèque f, melon d'eau m

Lithuanian: arbūzas m Spanish: sandía f Swedish: vattenmelon c

fruit

Chinese: 西瓜 Dutch: watermeloen f Finnish: vesimeloni French: pastèque f, melon d'eau m German: Wassermelone f Hungarian:Görögdinnye

Lithuanian: arbūzas m Russian: арбуз m Spanish: sandía f Swedish: vattenmelon c

derogatory slang: environmentalist with socialist leanings

Finnish: viherpiipertäjä (doesn't imply socialism)