cerasee

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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.

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsʌɹsɪ/, /ˈsɜɹsɪ/
  • Hyphenation: cera‧see

Noun

cerasee

  1. bitter melon, cerasee
    Mi bwile cerasee bush and medina.
    I boil cerasee and medina herb.
    • 2016, Sylvia Gilfillian, The Road to Timnath: Di Ruod Tu Timnat (in English), →ISBN:
      “"Yu waahn dis mint or yu waahn cerasee?" […] ”
      Would you like mint tea or bitter melon?

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