karela

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karela

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From Hindi करेला (karelā), from Sanskrit कारवेल्ल (kāravella).

noun karelas

India, countable, uncountable Momordica charantia, the bitter melon or bitter gourd. The roofs shall fade before it, The house-beams shall fall, And the Karela, the bitter Karela, Shall cover it all!

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@misc{karela_2026,
  title = {karela},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/karela},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}