bitter melon

See also: bittermelon

English

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bitter melon

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Alternative forms

• bittermelon

Etymology

Calque from Chinese 苦瓜 (kǔguā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɪtəɹ ˈmɛlən/

• Audio (General Australian):

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Noun

bitter melon (plural bitter melons)

1. A vine, Momordica charantia, which produces a bitter yet edible fruit.
   • 1896, The World and Its People, Book 7, Silver, Burdett, page 430:

     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.

2. The fruit of the bitter melon vine.
3. The colocynth, Citrullus colocynthis.
4. (Australia) A similar fruit-bearing vine, Citrullus lanatus (Citroides Group).

Synonyms

• balsam pear, bitter gourd, karela, cerasee (Jamaica)

Translations

plant Momordica charantia

Arabic: قَاوُون m (qāwūn) Basque: meloi mikatz Burmese: ကြက်ဟင်းခါးပင် (krakhang:hka:pang) Catalan: cogombre tropical Chinese: Mandarin: 苦瓜 (zh) (kǔguā) Dutch: sopropo (nl) Estonian: karella-kibekurk Finnish: karvaskurkku (fi) German: Bittermelone f, Bittergurke f, Balsambirne f, Karela f Greek: πικρό πεπόνι n (pikró pepóni) Indonesian: pare (id), paria (id) Japanese: 蔓茘枝 (ja) (tsuru reishi), 苦瓜 (ja) (nigauri) Malayalam: പാവൽ (ml) (pāval) Muyang: milimbek Polish: przepękla ogórkowata f, balsamka ogórkowata f Portuguese: melão-de-são-caetano m Spanish: melón amargo Sranan Tongo: sopropo Swedish: bittergurka c Tagalog: ampalaya (tl) Tamil: பாகற்காய் (ta) (pākaṟkāy) Telugu: కాకర (te) (kākara)

fruit of Momordica charantia

Arabic: قَاوُون m (qāwūn) Assamese: কেৰেলা (kerela) Bengali: করলা (bn) (korla), উচ্ছা (bn) (uccha), উচ্ছে (bn) (ucche) Bikol Central: marigoso (bcl) Burmese: ကြက်ဟင်းခါးသီး (krakhang:hka:si:) Cebuano: paliya Chinese: Cantonese: 涼瓜 / 凉瓜 (loeng4 gwaa1), 苦瓜 (fu2 gwaa1) Hokkien: 苦瓜 (zh-min-nan) (khó͘-koe), 防羊言 (hông-iûⁿ-giân), 紅楊 / 红杨 (âng-iûⁿ) Mandarin: 苦瓜 (zh) (kǔguā) Danish: please add this translation if you can Dutch: sopropo (nl) Estonian: karella-kibekurk Finnish: karvaskurkku (fi) French: margose (fr) f, momordique (fr) f, pomme de merveille (fr) f, melon amer m, poire balsamique (fr) f German: Bittermelone f, Bittergurke f, Balsambirne f, Karela f Greek: πικρό πεπόνι n (pikró pepóni) Gujarati: કારેલું (kārelũ) Hindi: करेला (hi) (karelā) Ilocano: pariya Indonesian: pare (id), paria (id) Japanese: 蔓茘枝 (ja), ツルレイシ (ja) (tsurureishi), 苦瓜 (ja), ニガウリ (nigauri) Kannada: ಹಾಗಲಕಾಯಿ (kn) (hāgalakāyi) Kapampangan: apalya, apalia Kashmiri: کَریلہٕ (karēlụ) Khmer: ម្រះ (km) (mrĕəh) Konkani: काराते (kārāte) Korean: 여주 (yeoju) Lao: ຟັກຂົມ (fak khom) Maguindanao: paliya Malay: tembikai pahit, peria (ms) Malayalam: പാവയ്ക്ക (pāvaykka), കയ്പക്ക (kaypakka) Manchu: ᡤᠠᡥᠠ ᠣᡨ᠋ᠣᠨ (gaha oton) Marathi: कारली (kārlī) Masbatenyo: ampalaya Odia: please add this translation if you can Okinawan: ごーやー (gōyā) Polish: przepękla ogórkowata f, balsamka ogórkowata f Portuguese: melão-de-são-caetano m Punjabi: ਕਰੇਲਾ (karelā) Russian: кита́йская го́рькая ты́ква f (kitájskaja górʹkaja týkva), момо́рдика (ru) f (momórdika), каре́ла f (karéla) Sanskrit: कारवेल्ल (sa) (kāravella) Sindhi: please add this translation if you can Sinhalese: please add this translation if you can Spanish: melón amargo m Sranan Tongo: sopropo Swedish: bittergurka c Tagalog: ampalaya (tl) Tamil: பாகற்காய் (ta) (pākaṟkāy) Telugu: కాకరకాయ (te) (kākarakāya) Thai: มะระ (th) (má-rá) Tulu: ಕಂಚಲ (tcy) (kañcala) Urdu: کریلا (karelā) Vietnamese: khổ qua (vi) (Southern), mướp đắng (vi) (Northern) Zhuang: lwghaemz