bitter melon
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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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
As the sky turns tangerine, I take my seat inside the dirt-floored theater, beneath a tangle of bitter melon vines, and settle in for a production inspired by Kahlil Gibran’s “The Prophet.”
From Seattle Times • Nov. 14, 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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