Watermelon
The fruit of an annual vine in the gourd family, native to Africa, eaten for red flesh that is more than 90% water.
Today's sweet watermelon is the result of millennia of breeding and genetics; wild varieties had pale, bitter flesh. Ancient Egypt knew watermelons well: pharaoh Tutankhamun's tomb held 11 baskets of seeds. The red color is lycopene, selected over thousands of years.
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