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Coccinia grandis, the ivy gourd, also known as scarlet gourd, [2] is a tropical vine. It grows primarily in tropical climates and is commonly found in the Indian states where it forms a part of the local cuisine. Coccinia grandis is cooked as a vegetable dish. In Southeast Asia, it is grown for its edible young shoots and edible fruits. [3]
The scarlet gourds are a genus (Coccinia from the Greek, kokkinia or kokkinias - "red" or "scarlet") with 25 species. It is distributed in sub-Saharan Africa and with one species, C. grandis also in South Asia and Southeast Asia , and it is also introduced into the New World.
Coccinia grandis: Siral / Bangi / Bami Mouse melon / Santa claus melon: Melothria scabra: Bhendi Okra, Lady's fingers Abelmoschus esculentus: Tioh / Tihu/ Thaibeng Cucumber: Cucumis sativus: Mula Radish: Raphanus sativus: Gaazor, Gajor Carrot: Daucus carota: Bilahi Tomato: Solanum lycopersicum: Kon-Bilahi Cherry tomato: Solanum pimpinellifolium ...
South. Ham – especially country ham – is a more common Christmas main dish in the South than elsewhere in the country, along with sides including mac & cheese and cornbread.Lechon, or spit ...
In fact, the word Christmas comes from Cristes maesse, Old English for “Christ’s Mass,” which references the Catholic tradition of holding a special mass ceremony to celebrate Jesus.
Speakers tend to pronounce the rhotic consonant as [ɹ], rather than an alveolar trill. Speakers of non-rhotic accents tend to mute the r when at end of a word or before a consonant. [5] Other pronunciation difficulties are related to spelling pronunciations of digraphs. The digraph sc represents /st͡s/, though speakers may substitute [s] or [sk].
In Finland (and many other countries around the globe), St. Lucia Day on December 13 is one of the main events of the holiday season. On this date, the eldest girl in each family sometimes dons a ...
Fum, Fum, Fum (Catalan: [ˈfum ˈfum ˈfum]) is a traditional Catalan Christmas carol. It was first documented by the folklorist Joaquim Pecanins in 1904, who had heard the song at the Christmas Eve midnight mass in Prats de Lluçanès. [1] However, the song's origins stretch back to the 16th or 17th century, according to folklorist Joan Amades ...