Usually means: Bitter, tropical fruit used medicinally.
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  1. balsam apple: Merriam-Webster
  2. balsam apple: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. balsam apple: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. balsam apple: Collins English Dictionary
  5. balsam apple: Vocabulary.com
  6. balsam apple: Wordnik
  7. balsam apple: Wiktionary
  8. balsam apple: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Balsam apple, balsam apple: Dictionary.com
  10. Balsam apple: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. balsam apple: Rhymezone
  12. balsam apple: FreeDictionary.org
  13. balsam apple: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. balsam apple: TheFreeDictionary.com
  15. balsam apple: Merriam-Webster

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Balsam-apple, balsam apple: Medical dictionary

(Note: See balsam_apples as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (balsam apple)

noun:  Any tropical and subtropical tree of species Clusia major and Clusia rosea, native to the Americas, invasive elsewhere.
noun:  A vine of species Momordica balsamina, found in Africa.
noun:  A vine grown for its bitter, edible fruit (Momordica charantia, bitter melon).
noun:  A wild cucumber (Echinocystis lobata).
noun:  A gourd of genus Echinopepon

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