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CITRULLUS

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Meaning:

A dicot genus of the family Cucurbitaceae including watermelons

Synonyms:

Citrullus; genus Citrullus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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 as cucumber or melon or squash or pumpkin))

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