balsam apple

balsam apple

n (Plants) an ornamental cucurbitaceous vine, Momordica balsamina, of the Old World tropics, with yellow flowers and orange egg-shaped fruits

Balsam apple

Used colloquially to mean a Horse apple. Note that the dictionary definition of balsam apple is that it is the fruit of a tropical West Indies tree.

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balsam apple - a tropical Old World flowering vine with red or orange warty fruitMomordica balsaminagourd vine, gourd - any vine of the family Cucurbitaceae that bears fruits with hard rindsgenus Momordica, Momordica - Old World tropical vine