alkekengin.

Brit.

/alkᵻˈkɛndʒi/, U.S.

/ˌælkəˈkɛndʒi/

Forms: late Middle English alkenkengy (probably transmission error), late Middle English alkynbegyn (probably transmission error), 1500s alcakeng, 1500s alchacengi, 1500s alkakinge, 1500s alkekengi, 1500s–1600s alcakengi, 1500s–1600s alchechengi, 1500s–1700s alkakengie, 1500s–1700s alkakengy, 1500s–1700s alkakingi, 1500s–1800s alkakenge, 1500s–1800s alkakengi, 1500s– alkekengi, 1600s alcakengie, 1600s alkakeng, 1600s alkikingi, 1600s 1900s– alkekeng, 1600s–1700s alcakengy, 1600s– alkekenge.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French alkakenge, alkekengi; Latin alkakengi.

Etymology: < Middle French alkakenge, alkacange, alkekange, etc. (15th cent.; French alkékenge), alkekengi, alchechingi, alcacangi, etc. (15th cent.; French †alkékengi) and its etymon post-classical Latin alkakengi, alkekengi (a1400, 1538 in British sources) < Arabic al-kākanj < al the + kākanj winter cherry < an unattested Pahlavi form corresponding to Persian kākuna winter cherry, nightshade. Compare Spanish alquequenje (1555 as alkakengi), Italian alchechengi (1544 as alcachingi).

Now rare.

The Chinese lantern plant, Physalis alkekengi (family Solanaceae).Occasionally also applied (perhaps by confusion) to other plants of similar appearance.

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alkekengi1440

winter cherry1548

red nightshade1578

winterberry1608

pop vine1750

Physalis1754

cow pops1848

Jerusalem cherry1884

Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 10 Alkenkengy, herbe morub, morella rubea.

1560 tr. Albertus Magnus' Bk. Secretes sig. K.v^v Cast in hys bedde the weyghte of one or halfe vnce of Alcakengi.

1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 142^v Alkakinge..hath the same vertue that gardin nyghtshad hath.

1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 271 The red winter Cherrie is called..in English red Nightshade..and Alkakengie.

1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke iii. 181 Take of alkakeng berries, twenty in number.

1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Alkakengi,..an herb which beareth round berries and red.

1742 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Alkakengi, winter cherry, the Fruit of one sort of the Plant Night-shade.

1782 J. Abercrombie Every Man his Own Gardener (ed. 9) 197 The principal sorts [of less tender annuals] are..alkekengi or winter-cherry, tobacco-plant, zinnia, Indian corn.

1840 J. W. Loudon Ladies' Flower-garden Ornamental Annuals 250 (heading) The Alkekengi, or Kite-flower.

1885 Amer. Naturalist 19 444 The alkekengi, or more usually called strawberry tomato in our seed catalogues, is Physalis pubescens L., an American plant which furnishes one of our minor vegetable products.

1918 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club. 45 220 The alkekengi or bladder cherry (Physalis Alkekengi).

2005 Evening Standard (Nexis) 23 Aug. 11 Magic ingredients: extract of alkekengi's calyx (the husk around the physalis fruit) to stimulate fibroblasts.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	alkekengi
释义	alkekengin. Brit. /alkᵻˈkɛndʒi/, U.S. /ˌælkəˈkɛndʒi/ Forms: late Middle English alkenkengy (probably transmission error), late Middle English alkynbegyn (probably transmission error), 1500s alcakeng, 1500s alchacengi, 1500s alkakinge, 1500s alkekengi, 1500s–1600s alcakengi, 1500s–1600s alchechengi, 1500s–1700s alkakengie, 1500s–1700s alkakengy, 1500s–1700s alkakingi, 1500s–1800s alkakenge, 1500s–1800s alkakengi, 1500s– alkekengi, 1600s alcakengie, 1600s alkakeng, 1600s alkikingi, 1600s 1900s– alkekeng, 1600s–1700s alcakengy, 1600s– alkekenge. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French alkakenge, alkekengi; Latin alkakengi. Etymology: < Middle French alkakenge, alkacange, alkekange, etc. (15th cent.; French alkékenge), alkekengi, alchechingi, alcacangi, etc. (15th cent.; French †alkékengi) and its etymon post-classical Latin alkakengi, alkekengi (a1400, 1538 in British sources) < Arabic al-kākanj < al the + kākanj winter cherry < an unattested Pahlavi form corresponding to Persian kākuna winter cherry, nightshade. Compare Spanish alquequenje (1555 as alkakengi), Italian alchechengi (1544 as alcachingi). Now rare. The Chinese lantern plant, Physalis alkekengi (family Solanaceae).Occasionally also applied (perhaps by confusion) to other plants of similar appearance. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Solanaceae (nightshade and allies) > [noun] > physalis alkekengi1440 winter cherry1548 red nightshade1578 winterberry1608 pop vine1750 Physalis1754 cow pops1848 Jerusalem cherry1884 Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 10 Alkenkengy, herbe morub, morella rubea. 1560 tr. Albertus Magnus' Bk. Secretes sig. K.v^v Cast in hys bedde the weyghte of one or halfe vnce of Alcakengi. 1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 142^v Alkakinge..hath the same vertue that gardin nyghtshad hath. 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 271 The red winter Cherrie is called..in English red Nightshade..and Alkakengie. 1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke iii. 181 Take of alkakeng berries, twenty in number. 1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Alkakengi,..an herb which beareth round berries and red. 1742 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Alkakengi, winter cherry, the Fruit of one sort of the Plant Night-shade. 1782 J. Abercrombie Every Man his Own Gardener (ed. 9) 197 The principal sorts [of less tender annuals] are..alkekengi or winter-cherry, tobacco-plant, zinnia, Indian corn. 1840 J. W. Loudon Ladies' Flower-garden Ornamental Annuals 250 (heading) The Alkekengi, or Kite-flower. 1885 Amer. Naturalist 19 444 The alkekengi, or more usually called strawberry tomato in our seed catalogues, is Physalis pubescens L., an American plant which furnishes one of our minor vegetable products. 1918 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club. 45 220 The alkekengi or bladder cherry (Physalis Alkekengi). 2005 Evening Standard (Nexis) 23 Aug. 11 Magic ingredients: extract of alkekengi's calyx (the husk around the physalis fruit) to stimulate fibroblasts. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1440
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