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monk fruit

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.84 in modern English

Syllables
monk fruit
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

noun

A sweetener extracted from the fruit.

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

monk fruits (plural) monkfruit (alternative)

Synonyms

luo han guo

Questions

What does monk fruit mean?
The fruit of Siraitia grosvenorii, a herbaceous perennial vine of the gourd family.
Where does monk fruit come from?
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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