karelan.

Brit.

/kəˈreɪlə/, U.S.

/kəˈreɪlə/

Forms: Also kareli, karilla.

Etymology: Hindi.

The balsam pear or bitter gourd, Momordica charantia, a climbing plant of the family Cucurbitaceæ, native to south-east Asia and tropical Africa, and cultivated in India for its edible, rough-skinned, yellow or white fruit, which is lemon-shaped and may be as much as eight inches long.

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1839 J. W. Masters in Trans. Agric. & Hort. Soc. India III. 200 Karilla, annual, propagated by seeds.

1881 J. A. Murray Plants & Drugs of Sind 41 (heading) Momordica balsamina... The Balsam Apple. Vernacular—Karelo-Jangro, Sind. Fruit ovoid, smooth,..tapering at both ends. Eaten in pickle.

1891 G. Watt Dict. Econ. Products India V. 256 The rainy season kind, called kareli, has rather smaller fruits and is more esteemed than the hot-weather variety, known in some districts under the name of karela.

1895 R. Kipling Second Jungle Bk. 81 The Karela, the vine that bears the bitter wild gourd.

1962 J. F. Dastur Medicinal Plants India & Pakistan (ed. 2) 112 (heading) Momordica charantia Linn. Family: Cucurbitaceae. Local names: Karela, karvel. English names: African Cucumber, Bitter Gourd.

1969 Sunday Statesman (Calcutta) 27 July 4 Vegetable vendors have lao sag at 30 paise a bundle... Tinda, french beans and karela are all Re 1 a kg.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	karela
释义	karelan. Brit. /kəˈreɪlə/, U.S. /kəˈreɪlə/ Forms: Also kareli, karilla. Etymology: Hindi. The balsam pear or bitter gourd, Momordica charantia, a climbing plant of the family Cucurbitaceæ, native to south-east Asia and tropical Africa, and cultivated in India for its edible, rough-skinned, yellow or white fruit, which is lemon-shaped and may be as much as eight inches long. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > [noun] > bitter-apple plant or berry wild vinea1382 coloquintidaa1398 coloquintc1420 wild gourd1540 colocynth1565 coloquinto1683 coloquintid1732 bitter gourd1755 bitter cucumber1811 karela1839 bitter-apple1865 1839 J. W. Masters in Trans. Agric. & Hort. Soc. India III. 200 Karilla, annual, propagated by seeds. 1881 J. A. Murray Plants & Drugs of Sind 41 (heading) Momordica balsamina... The Balsam Apple. Vernacular—Karelo-Jangro, Sind. Fruit ovoid, smooth,..tapering at both ends. Eaten in pickle. 1891 G. Watt Dict. Econ. Products India V. 256 The rainy season kind, called kareli, has rather smaller fruits and is more esteemed than the hot-weather variety, known in some districts under the name of karela. 1895 R. Kipling Second Jungle Bk. 81 The Karela, the vine that bears the bitter wild gourd. 1962 J. F. Dastur Medicinal Plants India & Pakistan (ed. 2) 112 (heading) Momordica charantia Linn. Family: Cucurbitaceae. Local names: Karela, karvel. English names: African Cucumber, Bitter Gourd. 1969 Sunday Statesman (Calcutta) 27 July 4 Vegetable vendors have lao sag at 30 paise a bundle... Tinda, french beans and karela are all Re 1 a kg. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1839
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