bitter-cucumber

  • 21CUCUMBER — Three species of cucumber are mentioned in the Bible and in rabbinic literature: kishu im, pakku ot, and the yerokat (or yerikat) ha ḥamor. (1) Kishu im: only the plural form occurs in the Bible, but the singular, kishut, occurs in rabbinic… …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • 22bitter apple — Colocynth Col ocynth, n. [L. colocynthis, Gr. ?. Cf. {Coloquintida}.] (Med.) The light spongy pulp of the fruit of the bitter cucumber ({Citrullus colocynthis}, or {Cucumis colocynthis}), an Asiatic plant allied to the watermelon; coloquintida.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 23bitter gourd — Colocynth Col ocynth, n. [L. colocynthis, Gr. ?. Cf. {Coloquintida}.] (Med.) The light spongy pulp of the fruit of the bitter cucumber ({Citrullus colocynthis}, or {Cucumis colocynthis}), an Asiatic plant allied to the watermelon; coloquintida.… …

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  • 24bitter gourd — raukšlėtasis svaidenis statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Moliūginių šeimos daržovinis, vaistinis nuodingas augalas (Momordica charantia), paplitęs Afrikoje, pietų Azijoje ir Australijoje. atitikmenys: lot. Momordica charantia; Momordica… …

    Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • 25bitter melon — raukšlėtasis svaidenis statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Moliūginių šeimos daržovinis, vaistinis nuodingas augalas (Momordica charantia), paplitęs Afrikoje, pietų Azijoje ir Australijoje. atitikmenys: lot. Momordica charantia; Momordica… …

    Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • 26bitter-apple — n. Colocynth, coloquintida, bitter cucumber, bitter gourd …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 27Cucumber mosaic virus — (CMV) Fig. 1. A red violet stained hexagonal inclusion body of CMV. The blue colored body below the virus inclusion is the nucleus of the cell. Virus classification Group: Group IV …

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  • 28Bitter melon — Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked) …

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  • 29Cucumber — This article is about the fruit. For other uses, see Cucumber (disambiguation). Cucumber Cucumbers grow on vines Scientific classification Kingdom …

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  • 30Jamaica cucumber — Cucumber Cu cum*ber (k? k?m b?r, formerly kou k?m b?r), n. [OE. cucumer, cocumber, cucumber, fr. L. cucmis, gen.cucumeris; cf. OF. cocombre,F. concombre.] (Bot.) A creeping plant, and its fruit, of several species of the genus {Cucumis}, esp.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English