bitter melon
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈbɪtəɹ ˈmɛlən/
bitter melon (plural bitter melons)
- A vine, Momordica charantia, which produces a bitter, though when properly prepared edible, fruit.
- (Australia) A similar fruit-bearing vine, Citrullus lanatus Citroides Group (Citroides Group).
- The fruit of the bitter melon vine.
- balsam pear, bitter gourd, karela, cerasee (Jamaica)
- German: Bittermelone, Bittergurke, Balsambirne, Karela
- Portuguese: melão-de-são-caetano
- French: margose, momordique, pomme de merveille, melon amer, poire balsamique
- German: Bittermelone, Bittergurke, Balsambirne, Karela
- Portuguese: melão-de-são-caetano
- Russian: кита́йская го́рькая ты́ква
- Spanish: melón amargo
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