CUCURBITA CITRULLUS
\kjˌuːkəbˈiːtə sˈɪtɹʌləs], \kjˌuːkəbˈiːtə sˈɪtɹʌləs], \k_j_ˌuː_k_ə_b_ˈiː_t_ə s_ˈɪ_t_ɹ_ʌ_l_ə_s]\
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The systematic name of the Water-melon plant. The juice of the fruit is very abundant, whence its name. The Water-melon is extremely refreshing and agreeable, when made cool, and is eaten like the common melon. It is very much used in the United States.
By Robley Dunglison
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).