Mo-mōr'di-cā, n.
[Lat. mordere, momordi, to chew.] (Bot.) A genus of herbaceous, climbing plants, found in Asia and tropical America;—so called from the rough seeds, which appear as if they had been chewed. Baird. London.
[Lat. mordere, momordi, to chew.] (Bot.) A genus of herbaceous, climbing plants, found in Asia and tropical America;—so called from the rough seeds, which appear as if they had been chewed. Baird. London.