bitter melon

noun

1. balsam pear.

Example Sentences

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

On the logistics end, the company had to figure out a lot from scratch: how to transport live fish into the store, import food from Asia, and create a network of farms that could grow hard-to-find vegetables like water spinach and bitter melon that their consumers wanted and craved.

From Los Angeles Times

Mendoza, who has previously directed the infectious low-budget musical, "Fruit Fly," and the dark comedy, "Bitter Melon," connects with the material here by creating flights of fancy while also grounding the story with scenes depicting grief and mental illness.

From Salon

This film is a big leap for you having made a series of indie films like "Colma: The Musical" and "Bitter Melon."

From Salon

Seattle Community Farm coordinator Joselynn Tokashiki Engstrom says the guidance has helped people planting vegetables common in some Asian cuisines, like bitter melon and yardlong beans.

From Seattle Times