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CITRULLUS

Dictionary entry overview: What does Citrullus mean?

• CITRULLUS (noun)
The noun CITRULLUS has 1 sense:

1. a dicot genus of the family Cucurbitaceae including watermelons

Familiarity information: CITRULLUS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CITRULLUS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A dicot genus of the family Cucurbitaceae including watermelons

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Citrullus; genus Citrullus

Hypernyms ("Citrullus" is a kind of...):

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Meronyms (members of "Citrullus"):

Citrullus vulgaris; watermelon; watermelon vine (an African melon)

Holonyms ("Citrullus" is a member of...):

Cucurbitaceae; family Cucurbitaceae; gourd family (a family of herbaceous vines (such cucumber or melon or squash or pumpkin))

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