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 color.] The Water-Melon (Cucumis Citrullus); also applied (both in French and English) to the Pumpkin (Cucurbita Pepo).
1398. Trevisa, Barth. De P. R., XIX. lii. (1495), 893. Gourdes, Citrulles, Melones.
1533. Elyot, Cast. Helthe (1541), 58 a. The greate foure colde sedes, that is to saye, of gourdes, cucumbers, melones, and citruls.
1611. Cotgr., Citrouille.… A Citrull: a Citrull Cowcumber or Turkish gourd: a kind of great Melon, in colour, and forme resembling a Citron.
1693. Evelyn, 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.
1736. Bailey, Houshold Dict., 119. Citruls boil’d … till the water becomes clammy.
1755. Johnson, Citrul, the same with pumpion, so named from its yellow colour.
