BALSAM APPLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does balsam apple mean? 

• BALSAM APPLE (noun)
  The noun BALSAM APPLE has 1 sense:

1. a tropical Old World flowering vine with red or orange warty fruit

  Familiarity information: BALSAM APPLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BALSAM APPLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A tropical Old World flowering vine with red or orange warty fruit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

balsam apple; Momordica balsamina

Hypernyms ("balsam apple" is a kind of...):

gourd; gourd vine (any vine of the family Cucurbitaceae that bears fruits with hard rinds)

Holonyms ("balsam apple" is a member of...):

genus Momordica; Momordica (Old World tropical vine)