Is watermelon a fruit or a vegetable?

Unofficially speaking, the watermelon is everyone's favorite summer fruit. Because it's made up of over 90 percent water, it's guaranteed to refresh on the hottest of days. We add it in our salads, blend it into our cocktails and eat it by the pound. But this beloved sweet, pink fruit has some identity confusion. read more

The watermelon is a member of the cucumber family known as the Cucurbitaceae, which includes gourds as well. They’re grown like vegetable crop using vegetable production systems. And they are generally treated as a vegetable for culinary uses. read more

BOTH! Watermelon is a fruit and a vegetable. It is a fruit because it grows from a seed, it has a sweet flavor and refreshing qualities. It is a vegetable because it is harvested and cleared from the field like other vegetables and because it is a member of the same family as thecucumbers, pumpkin and squash. read more

Whether watermelon is a fruit or vegetable is a much debated topic. It tastes sweet like a fruit, but grows in vegetable gardens. Botanists have an emphatic opinion on the subject, but so do gardeners and watermelon connoisseurs. read more