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Definition of Citrullus
1. Noun. A dicot genus of the family Cucurbitaceae including watermelons.
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Cucurbitaceae, Family Cucurbitaceae, Gourd Family
Member holonyms: Citrullus Vulgaris, Watermelon, Watermelon Vine
Lexicographical Neighbors of Citrullus
Literary usage of Citrullus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Medical lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science by Robley Dunglison (1856)
"Citrullus, Cucurbita citrullus. Citrullus AMA'RUS. An African plant, Nat. Ord.
Cucurbitáceas, called by the Boers Bitter- appel or Wild Watermelon, ..."
2. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1915)
"JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, BALTIMORE, MD. AN ABNORMAL SPECIMEN OF Citrullus VULGARIS
BY GLEN P. VAN ... Normally the flower of Citrullus has a single, ..."
3. Materia medica of India and their therapeutics by Rustomjee Naserwanjee Khory (1903)
"3O8 Citrullus COLOCYNTHIS. white substance ; taste intensely bitter ; root woody,
brownish white and tapering ; wood fibrous, and containing a bitter ..."
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