Definition of Citrullus

1. Noun. A dicot genus of the family Cucurbitaceae including watermelons.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Citrullus

Citellus parryi
Citellus richardsoni
Citellus variegatus
Citharichthys
Citharichthys cornutus
Citibank
Citizen Genet
Citizenship Day
Citlali
Citlaltepetl
Citrobacter amalonatica
Citrobacter diversus
Citrobacter koseri
Citroncirus
Citroncirus webberi
Citrullus (current term)
Citrullus vulgaris
Citrus aurantifolia
Citrus aurantium
Citrus bergamia
Citrus decumana
Citrus grandis
Citrus limetta
Citrus limon
Citrus limonia
Citrus maxima
Citrus medica
Citrus nobilis
Citrus paradisi
Citrus reticulata

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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