Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The winter-cherry, a solanaceous plant, Physalis Alkekengi.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) An herbaceous plant of the nightshade family (
Physalis alkekengi ) and its fruit, which is a well flavored berry, the size of a cherry, loosely inclosed in a enlarged leafy calyx; -- also calledwinter cherry ,ground cherry , andstrawberry tomato .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
herbaceous plant of thenightshade family, Physalis alkekengi. - noun The
flavoursome berry of this plant.
Etymologies
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Examples
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I just harvested my chinese lanterns, Physalis alkekengi, which left a big empty spot in the front of my garden.
Harvesting chinese lanterns « Sugar Creek Gardens’ Blog 2009
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Regardless, I learned a valuable lesson about Physalis alkekengi – grow it in a bed bordered by concrete, or maybe in a pot.
The answer: Chinese lanterns! « Sugar Creek Gardens’ Blog 2010
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It showed up one year in the front garden and it was left in place because we believed it to be the Chinese Lanterns, Physalis alkekengi that had been seed sown some distance away.
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Egg plants, tomatoes and peppers grew upon the European husk tomato or alkekengi (_Physalis Alkekengi_).
Scientific American Supplement, No. 795, March 28, 1891 Various
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The pretty Winter Cherry (_Physalis alkekengi_) is another member of the family, and so is the Mandrake (_see_
The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare Henry Nicholson Ellacombe 1868
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Blaaskndd. a) Alyssum vesicaria; b) Physalis alkekengi.
Allgemeines Polyglotten-Lexicon der Naturgeschichte mit erklaerenden Anmerkungen Nemnich, Philipp Andreas, 1764-1822 1793
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