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BALSAM PEAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does balsam pear mean? 

BALSAM PEAR (noun)
  The noun BALSAM PEAR has 1 sense:

1. tropical Old World vine with yellow-orange fruitplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


BALSAM PEAR (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Tropical Old World vine with yellow-orange fruit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

balsam pear; Momordica charantia

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

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

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

genus Momordica; Momordica (Old World tropical vine)


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