monk fruit

noun

The fruit of Siraitia grosvenorii, a herbaceous perennial vine of the gourd family.

Meanings

nounmonk fruit (plural monk fruits)

plural monk fruits · alternative monkfruit

  1. The fruit of Siraitia grosvenorii, a herbaceous perennial vine of the gourd family.

    Synonyms: luo han guo

  2. A sweetener extracted from the fruit.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe fruit of Siraitia grosvenorii, a herbaceous perennial vine of the gourd family.

Origin

  1. Chinese羅漢果 /罗汉果
  2. Englishmonk fruit

From monk + fruit, calque of Chinese 羅漢果 /罗汉果 (luóhànguǒ), from 羅漢 /罗汉 (luóhàn, “arhat”) + 果 (guǒ, “fruit”).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 羅漢果 /罗汉果, 羅漢果糖 /罗汉果糖
  • 羅漢果 /罗汉果fruit
  • 羅漢果糖 /罗汉果糖 (lo⁴ hon³ gwo² tong⁴)sweetener
Chinese Mandarin 羅漢果 /罗汉果, 羅漢果糖 /罗汉果糖
  • 羅漢果 /罗汉果 (luóhànguǒ)fruit
  • 羅漢果糖 /罗汉果糖 (luóhànguǒ táng)sweetener
French fruit du moine, fruit des moines
  • fruit du moinefruit
  • fruit des moinesfruit
Japanese 羅漢果
  • 羅漢果 (rakanka)fruit
Polish owoc mnicha, owoc mnicha
  • owoc mnichafruit
  • owoc mnichasweetener
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