monk fruit

English

Alternative forms

• monkfruit

Etymology

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

Noun

monk fruit (plural monk fruits)

1. The fruit of Siraitia grosvenorii, a herbaceous perennial vine of the gourd family.
2. A sweetener extracted from the fruit.

Translations

fruit

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 羅漢果 / 罗汉果 (lo⁴ hon³ gwo²)

  Mandarin: 羅漢果 / 罗汉果 (zh) (luóhànguǒ)

• French: fruit du moine m, fruit des moines m

sweetener

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 羅漢果糖 / 罗汉果糖 (lo⁴ hon³ gwo² tong⁴)

  Mandarin: 羅漢果糖 / 罗汉果糖 (luóhànguǒ táng)