Fruits That Start With W

4 fruits Food and drink Checked 9 Oct 2026

Here are 4 fruits that start with W, each with a one-line description so you can tell what it is. They are listed below with what each one is.

Watermelon is the star of W, and almost every child will name it first. The list has four entries in total.

The rest are lesser known. Winter melon is a large green melon with pale flesh, and wild plum grows in the southern United States. Water lemon is the yellow fruit of a climbing plant sometimes called Jamaica honeysuckle. Notice that two of the four begin with the word water, a handy pattern for young spellers learning compound names.

Fruits starting with W: 4
Best known: watermelon
Longest name: winter melon

All fruits that start with W

#	Name	What it is
1	water lemon	the edible yellow fruit of the Jamaica honeysuckle
2	watermelon	large oblong or roundish melon with a hard green rind and sweet watery red or occasionally yellowish pulp
3	wild plum	fruit of the wild plum of southern United States
4	winter melon	the fruit of the winter melon vine; a green melon with pale green to orange flesh that keeps well

Questions people ask

How many fruits start with W?

This list has 4 fruits starting with W, from well-known ones like watermelon to rarer kinds.

What fruits start with W?

Well-known examples are watermelon.

Source: Princeton WordNet, a public dictionary database, reviewed by our editors to keep only clear, real members of the list. Meanings are short dictionary glosses.

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