MOMORDICA  , in See also:

• BOTANY (from Gr. l3or6v17, plant; ,66vicety, to graze)

botany, a genus of See also:

• ANNUAL

annual or perennial climbing herbs belonging to the natural See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order See also:

• CUCURBITACEAE

Cucurbitaceae, natives of the tropics, especially See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa, and known in cultivation chiefly as hothouse See also:

• PLANTS

plants . They are grown for their ornamentalfleshy fruits, which are oblong to cylindrical in shape, See also:

• ORANGE
• ORANGE (Citrus Aurantium)
• ORANGE, HOUSE OF

orange to red in See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour, prickly or warted externally, and burst when ripe, generally with elastic force, into irregular valves . M . Balsamina, known as See also:

• BALSAM (from Gr. f &X raµov, through Lat. balsamum, contracted by popular use to O. Fr. basme, mod. Fr. bdme; Eng. balm)

balsam See also:

• APPLE (a common Teut. word, A.S. aepl, aeppel, O.H.G. aphul, aphal, apfal, mod. Ger. Apfel)

apple, is a very See also:

• PRETTY

pretty annual, well adapted for trellises, &c., in warm outside situations .