神秘果 (shénmìguǒ) · miracle fruit (Synsepalum dulcificum)

Measure Word

一颗神秘果 kē

Meanings

1 miracle fruit (Synsepalum dulcificum)

About the ingredient

A small red berry with a thin layer of pulp around one large, bitter seed. Eat only the pulp: for up to half an hour afterwards, sour foods such as lemon taste sweet. It is grown in south China and also sold as tablets.

Characters

Examples

HSK 7-9

吃了神秘果再喝柠檬水会变甜。

Chī le shénmìguǒ zài hē níngméngshuǐ huì biàn tián.

After eating miracle fruit, lemon water tastes sweet.

HSK 7-9

神秘果原产于西非。

Shénmìguǒ yuánchǎn yú Xīfēi.

Miracle fruit is native to West Africa.

Tips

culture

A small red West African berry containing miraculin, a glycoprotein that binds to sweet taste receptors and makes sour foods taste sweet for about 30 minutes. Promoted in China since the 1960s as a sugar substitute for diabetics.