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GENUS MOMORDICA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Synonyms:
genus Momordica; Momordica
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus 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 "genus 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 ("genus Momordica" is a member of...):
Cucurbitaceae; family Cucurbitaceae; gourd family (a family of herbaceous vines (such as cucumber or melon or squash or pumpkin))