cerasee

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.