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bitter melon

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noun

  1. balsam pear.


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There was always a steady supply of bitter melon, eggplant, gai lan and bok choy.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2025

For more tart-leaning fruits, like a bitter melon or even grapefruit, vanilla lends that baking-spice note that mellows acidity and tempers bolder flavors.

From Salon • Sep. 6, 2023

These include cinnamon, bitter melon, fenugreek and magnesium.

From Washington Post • Nov. 14, 2022

Ms. Tran’s 89-year-old paternal grandmother prepares banh tet, which they serve with other iconic southern Vietnamese holiday dishes like canh kho qua, a stuffed bitter melon soup.

From New York Times • Jan. 29, 2021

At the dinner table, I threw dark looks at Ba over the greens, bitter melon, and pork Ma pushed at me, but he avoided my gaze and kept his eyes moodily on his plate.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

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