西瓜的英语简介

Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus, Family Cucurbitaceae) is the fruit and plant of a vine-like (climber and trailer) herb originally from southern Africa. This flowering plant bears an accessory fruit of a type that botanists call a false berry. 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).HistoryDavid Livingstone, an African explorer, described watermelon as abundant in the Kalahari Desert, where it is believed to have originated. There, the ancestral melon grows wild and is known as the Tsamma melon (Citrullus lanatus var citroides). It is recognizable by its pinnatafid leaves and prolific fruit, up to 100 melons on a single vine. For this reason it is a popular source of water in the diet of the indigenous people, as well as a food for humans and livestock. The flesh is similar to the rind of a watermelon and is often known as citron melon (distinct from the actual citron, of the citrus family); it is used for making pickles, and because of its high content of pectin is popular as a constituent of jams, jellies, and other gelled preserves. It has established itself in the wild in Baja California.我是原创

西瓜的英语是watermelon,/'wɔ:təmelən/。

不难发现，watermelon单词是由两个单词合成的，water和melon，water是水的意思，melon是瓜，甜瓜的意思。watermelon从字面来看就是水瓜，西瓜92%以上的成分是水。它的含水量在水果中首屈一指，所以英文为“watermelon”。

扩展资料：

西瓜（学名：Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. et Nakai）一年生蔓生藤本；茎、枝粗壮，具明显的棱。卷须较粗壮，具短柔毛，叶柄粗，密被柔毛；叶片纸质，轮廓三角状卵形，带白绿色，两面具短硬毛，叶片基部心形。

雌雄同株。雌、雄花均单生于叶腋。雄花花梗长3-4厘米，密被黄褐色长柔毛；花萼筒宽钟形；花冠淡黄色；雄蕊近离生，花丝短，药室折曲。雌花：花萼和花冠与雄花同；子房卵形，柱头肾形。

果实大型，近于球形或椭圆形，肉质，多汁，果皮光滑，色泽及纹饰各式。种子多数，卵形，黑色、红色，两面平滑，基部钝圆，通常边缘稍拱起，花果期夏季。

中国各地栽培，品种甚多，外果皮、果肉及种子形式多样，以新疆、甘肃兰州、山东德州、江苏东台等地最为有名。其原种可能来自非洲，久已广泛栽培于世界热带到温带，金、元时始传入中国。

西瓜为夏季之水果，果肉味甜，能降温去暑；种子含油，可作消遣食品；果皮药用，有清热、利尿、降血压之效。

参考资料来源：百度百科-西瓜

watermelon water是水的意思。melon有瓜的意思。你想很多水的 瓜不是西瓜吗（除了椰子以外哈呵呵）记住这单词了晒现在？！~

西瓜 [简明汉英词典]watermelon

西瓜（学名：Citrullus lanatus，英文：Watermelon），属葫芦科，原产于非洲。 Watermelon (known: Citrullus lanatus, English: Watermelon), belong to the gourd family, originating in Africa. 西瓜是一种双子叶开花植物，形状像藤蔓，叶子呈羽毛状。 Watermelon is a dicotyledonous flowering plants, shaped like a vine, leaves a quilted. 它所结出的果实是假果，且属于植物学家称为假浆果的一类。 It bears fruit is pseudocarp fruit, and belong to the botanist called false berries category. 果实外皮光滑，呈绿色或黄色有花纹，果瓤多汁为红色或黄色（罕见白色）。 Fruit skin smooth, show green or yellow patterns, juicy fruit pulp for red or yellow (rare white).