watermelon

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"I'm not going to lie, I didn't expect you to be this easy to talk to," a watermelon woman tells her dragon-fruit date over their corresponding fruit cocktails at sunset.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

There's also Watermelina, a watermelon, a banana named Bananito, and Cherrita, who is a cherry.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

Among her many years toiling in the fields, she cut and packed lettuce, picked cherries and planted watermelon seeds across the Central Valley.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026

Ernesto leaned over the flatbed and ate the watermelon with his hands, piece by piece, until the box was empty.

From Slate • Jan. 27, 2026

“One watermelon? I think we could call it even if you and your friends could give me an hour or two of chopping wood this week.”

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney