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monk fruit

monk fruit noun: the fruit of Siraitia grosvenorii, a herbaceous perennial vine of the gourd family.

Noun

monk fruit (plural monk fruits)

  1. The fruit of Siraitia grosvenorii, a herbaceous perennial vine of the gourd family.
    Synonyms:
    luo han guo
  2. A sweetener extracted from the fruit.

Synonyms of monk fruit

Forms of monk fruit

pluralmonk fruits
alternative formmonkfruit

Origin of monk fruit

From monk + fruit, calque of Chinese 羅漢果 /罗汉果 (luóhànguǒ), from 羅漢 /罗汉 (luóhàn, “arhat”) + 果 (guǒ, “fruit”).

Questions about monk fruit

What does monk fruit mean?
Monk fruit means the fruit of Siraitia grosvenorii, a herbaceous perennial vine of the gourd family.
What part of speech is monk fruit?
Monk fruit is a noun.
What is the plural of monk fruit?
The plural of monk fruit is monk fruits.

Words near monk fruit in the dictionary

  1. monk bat
  2. monk bats
  3. Monk Bretton
  4. monk chair
  5. monk chairs
  6. monk fruit
  7. monk fruits
  8. Monk Fryston
  9. Monk Hesleden
  10. monk parakeet
  11. monk parakeets

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