Citrullus
noun
Ci·trul·lus
-ləs
: a genus of African plants (family Cucurbitaceae) having pinnatifid leaves, small sepals, solitary staminate flowers, a corolla 5-parted to the base, and fleshy succulent fruits and including the widely cultivated watermelon and the colocynth
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Medieval Latin citrullus, citrolus, a kind of cucumber, from (assumed) Old Italian dialect citrulo (Italian cetriolo), from (assumed) Vulgar Latin citriolum, from Late Latin citrium, a kind of cucumber, from Latin, citron, from citrus
- supraloral
- supramarginal
- supramastoid
- supramaxilla
- supramaxillary
- supramaxillary nerve
- suprameatal
- supramental
- supramolecular
- supramundane
- supranational
- supranationalism
- supranationalisms
- supranationalist
- supranationalists
- supranationalities
- supranationality
- supranatural
- supranormal
- supraocular
- supraoptic
- supraorbital
- supraorbital point
- supraordinate
- supraordination