Meaning | Old World tropical vine. |
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Synonym | genus Momordica |
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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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Members | balsam apple, Momordica balsamina | A tropical Old World flowering vine with red or orange warty fruit |
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balsam pear, Momordica charantia | Tropical Old World vine with yellow-orange fruit |
Broader | dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus | genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination |
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Spanish | genus momordica, momordica |
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Catalan | genus momordica, momordica |
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