Meaning

4 senses
  1. A vine, Momordica charantia, which produces a bitter yet edible fruit.

    Bittermelone, Bittergurke, Balsambirne

    кита́йская го́рькая ты́кваkitájskaja górʹkaja týkva, момо́рдикаmomórdika, каре́лаkaréla

  2. The fruit of the bitter melon vine.

  3. The colocynth, Citrullus colocynthis.

  4. (Australia)A similar fruit-bearing vine, Citrullus lanatus (Citroides Group).

Examples

3 sentences
  1. Edgar cooked a stew with bitter melon.

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  2. How much, sir, are five bitter melons?

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  3. Edgar mixed the chopped bitter melon into the stew.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
fruit of Momordica charantia:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
plant Momordica charantia:

Origin

Calque from Chinese 苦瓜 (kǔguā).

Calque from Chinese 苦瓜 (kǔguā).

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