"monk fruit" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: monk fruits [plural], monkfruit [alternative]
Etymology: From monk + fruit, calque of Chinese 羅漢果 /罗汉果 (luóhànguǒ), from 羅漢 /罗汉 (luóhàn, “arhat”) + 果 (guǒ, “fruit”). Etymology templates: {{compound|en|monk|fruit}} monk + fruit, {{cal|en|zh|羅漢果|nocap=1}} calque of Chinese 羅漢果 /罗汉果 (luóhànguǒ) Head templates: {{en-noun}} monk fruit (plural monk fruits)
  1. The fruit of Siraitia grosvenorii, a herbaceous perennial vine of the gourd family. Categories (lifeform): Gourd family plants
    Sense id: en-monk_fruit-en-noun-ZHYOJAG~ Disambiguation of Gourd family plants: 83 17 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 65 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Cantonese translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 67 33
  2. A sweetener extracted from the fruit. Translations (fruit): 羅漢果 /罗汉果 (english: lo⁴ hon³ gwo²) (Chinese Cantonese), 羅漢果 /罗汉果 (luóhànguǒ) (Chinese Mandarin), fruit du moine [masculine] (French), fruit des moines [masculine] (French) Translations (sweetener): 羅漢果糖 /罗汉果糖 (lo⁴ hon³ gwo² tong⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 羅漢果糖 /罗汉果糖 (luóhànguǒ táng) (Chinese Mandarin)
    Sense id: en-monk_fruit-en-noun-~7pyMTO- Disambiguation of 'fruit': 43 57 Disambiguation of 'sweetener': 1 99

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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