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† citrul Obs.
Also 5 citrulle, 6–8 citrull, 7 citral.
[a. F. citrouille, OF. 13th c. citrole, in Berry citrulle (Littré), ad. It. citriuolo, med.L. citrolus, -ullus, dim. from *citro, L. citrus citron, so called from the colour.]
The Water-Melon (Cucumis Citrullus); also applied (both in French and English) to the Pumpkin (Cucurbita Pepo).
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xix. lii. (1495) 893 Gourdes, Citrulles, Melones. 1533Elyot Cast. Helthe (1541) 58 a, The greate foure colde sedes, that is to saye, of gourdes, cucumbers, melones, and citruls. 1611Cotgr., Citrouille, a Citrull: a Citrull cowcumber or Turkish gourd: a kind of melon, in colour and forme resembling a Citron. 1693Evelyn De la Quint. Compl. Gard. II. 192 Citrulls or ordinary Pompions, Pumpions, or Pumkins, and Potirons, or flat Pumpions, as every body knows, are the biggest productions the Earth brings forth in our Climates. 1736Bailey Househ. Dict. 119 Citruls boil'd..till the water becomes clammy. 1755Johnson, Citrul, the same with pumpion, so named from its yellow colour. |