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MOMORDICA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Momordica mean?
• MOMORDICA (noun)
The noun MOMORDICA has 1 sense:
1. Old World tropical vine
Familiarity information: MOMORDICA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Old World tropical vine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Momordica; Momordica
Hypernyms ("Momordica" is a kind of...):
dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)
Meronyms (members of "Momordica"):
balsam apple; Momordica balsamina (a tropical Old World flowering vine with red or orange warty fruit)
balsam pear; Momordica charantia (tropical Old World vine with yellow-orange fruit)
Holonyms ("Momordica" is a member of...):
Cucurbitaceae; family Cucurbitaceae; gourd family (a family of herbaceous vines (such as cucumber or melon or squash or pumpkin))
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