スイカは苗から育つため、日本の分類上は野菜（果実的野菜）に属します。とても甘いですが、メロンやイチゴと同じく、植物学的には野菜の仲間です。
Watermelons are classified as vegetables in Japan because they grow on vines, similar to melons and strawberries.
Although sweet like fruit, they are botanically categorized as "fruit-like vegetables."
スイカは苗から育つため、日本の分類上は野菜（果実的野菜）に属します。とても甘いですが、メロンやイチゴと同じく、植物学的には野菜の仲間です。 Watermelons are classified as vegetables in Japan because they grow on vines, similar to melons and strawberries. Although sweet like fruit, they are botanically categorized as "fruit-like vegetables."