Home › Words › K › karelakarelakarela means momordica charantia, the bitter melon or bitter gourd.EtymologyFrom Hindi करेला (karelā), from Sanskrit कारवेल्ल (kāravella).nounMomordica charantia, the bitter melon or bitter gourd.e.g.“The roofs shall fade before it, The house-beams shall fall, And the Karela, the bitter Karela, Shall cover it all!” — 1895, Rudyard Kipling, The Second Jungle Book:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.cerasee 75% match — bitter melon, Momordica charantia, from which a medicinal tea is made. vs karela →ampalaya 67% match — bitter melon vs karela →momordica 64% match — Any plant of the genus Momordica. vs karela →kheera 63% match — cucumber vs karela →kakdi 61% match — cucumber vs karela →tsamma 61% match — A bitter melon, of the species Citrullus lanatus. vs karela →dudhi 58% match — Bottle gourd, calabash. vs karela →momordicine 58% match — Any of several glycosides present in the vine Momordica charantia vs karela →