cerasee

English

Noun

cerasee (uncountable)

  1. (Jamaica) bitter melon, Momordica charantia, from which a medicinal tea is made.
    • 1882, Daniel Morris, Cacao: How to Grow and how to Cure it, page 13:
      Cundeamor is derived from the Spanish name for the fruit of the Cerasee (Momordica Charantia) possessing a peculiar warted appearance.
    • 2007, Jacqueline Bishop, The River's Song: A Nove, page 161:
      She told me how easy it was to tell cerasee, the tiny pale yellow flowers on the vine and the small bright-orange fruits, and the seeds blood-red.
    • 2011, Ivelyn Harris, Healing Herbs of Jamaica, page 28:
      I told him to drink cerasee tea. That's what the village elders had always prescribed for colitis.
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