winter-cherry

On the steep mountain path, leading to the chasm just mentioned, we found hellebore growing in abundance, also the winter-cherry, its vermillion-hued capsules glowing through the green.

Holidays in Eastern France Matilda Betham-Edwards 1877

The pods soon after split like the fruit of the winter-cherry; and, when people went to look at it closelier, every skin contained a bright new Cremnitz ducat.

The Old Man of the Mountain, The Lovecharm and Pietro of Abano Tales from the German of Tieck Ludwig Tieck 1813

Afterwards he rubbed one corner with the ashes of a swallow's nest, to see if it were not written with the dew that is found within the herb alcakengy, called the winter-cherry.

Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 2 Fran��ois Rabelais 1518

Afterwards he rubbed one corner with the ashes of a swallow’s nest, to see if it were not written with the dew that is found within the herb alcakengy, called the winter-cherry.

Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002

Afterwards he rubbed one corner with the ashes of a swallow’s nest, to see if it were not written with the dew that is found within the herb alcakengy, called the winter-cherry.

Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002