Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A tropical South American ground cherry (Physalis peruviana) having yellow flowers with purple centers and an inflated calyx enclosing an edible yellow berry used to make jam, sauces, and desserts.
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- noun annual of tropical South America having edible purple fruits
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[After the Cape of Good Hope, where European settlers introduced the plant in the early 1800s (its cultivation later speading from there to other parts of the English-speaking world).]
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