Emily Dickinson Lexicon

WA-TER-MEL'ON, n. [water and melon.]

A plant and its fruit, of the genus Cucurbita or Cucumis, (C. citrullus.) This plant requires a warm climate to bring it to perfection. It also requires a dry, sandy, warm soil, and will not grow well in any other. The fruit abounds with a sweetish liquor resembling water in color, and the pulp is remarkably rich and delicious.