Pumpkin vs. Watermelon — What's the Difference?

A pumpkin is a cultivar of winter squash that is round with smooth, slightly ribbed skin, and is most often deep yellow to orange in coloration. The thick shell contains the seeds and pulp.

Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) is a flowering plant species of the Cucurbitaceae family and the name of its edible fruit. A scrambling and trailing vine-like plant, it was originally domesticated in Africa.

A round, often large squash with coarse, strongly flavored yellow to orange flesh, numerous seeds, and a moderately hard, usually orange rind.

A vine (Citrullus lanatus) native to Africa, widely cultivated for its large edible fruit.

Any of several plants producing these fruits, especially varieties of the species Cucurbita pepo, and also varieties of C. maxima and C. moschata.

The fruit of this plant, having a hard green rind and sweet watery pink or reddish flesh.

A moderate to strong orange.

A plant of the species Citrullus lanatus, bearing a melon-like fruit.

A domesticated plant, in species Cucurbita pepo, similar in growth pattern, foliage, flower, and fruit to the squash or melon.

The fruit of the watermelon plant, having a green rind and watery flesh that is typically bright red when ripe and contains black pips.

The round yellow or orange fruit of this plant.

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(uncountable) The color of the fruit of the pumpkin plant.

A pinkish-red colour, like that of watermelon flesh (also called watermelon pink).

(Australia) Any of a number of cultivars from the genus Cucurbita; known in the US as winter squash.

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The very large ovoid or roundish fruit of a cucurbitaceous plant (Citrullus vulgaris) of many varieties; also, the plant itself. The fruit sometimes weighs many pounds; its pulp is usually pink in color, and full of a sweet watery juice. It is a native of tropical Africa, but is now cultivated in many countries. See Illust. of Melon.

A well-known trailing plant (Cucurbita pepo) and its fruit, - used for cooking and for feeding stock; a pompion.

An African melon

A coarse vine widely cultivated for its non-keeping large pulpy round orange fruit with firm orange skin and numerous seeds; subspecies of Cucurbita pepo include the summer squashes and a few autumn squashes

Large oblong or roundish melon with a hard green rind and sweet watery red or occasionally yellowish pulp

Usually large pulpy deep-yellow round fruit of the squash family maturing in late summer or early autumn