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bitter melons

bitter melons is the plural of bitter melon.

Meaning of bitter melon

Noun

bitter melon (plural bitter melons)

  1. A vine, Momordica charantia, which produces a bitter yet edible fruit.
    • Bees often convey the pollen from the blossoms of a bitter melon vine to those of a sweet variety and completely change the character and flavor of its fruit.1896, The World and Its People, Book 7, Silver, Burdett, page 430
  2. The fruit of the bitter melon vine.
  3. The colocynth, Citrullus colocynthis.
  4. (Australia) A similar fruit-bearing vine, Citrullus lanatus (Citroides Group).

Questions about bitter melons

What is bitter melons the plural of?
Bitter melons is the plural of bitter melon.

Words near bitter melons in the dictionary

  1. bitter ends
  2. bitter gourd
  3. bitter gourds
  4. bitter herbs
  5. bitter melon
  6. bitter melons
  7. bitter orange
  8. bitter oranges
  9. bitter panicgrass
  10. bitter pill
  11. bitter pill to swallow

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