单词 | physalis |
释义 | Physalisn. A cosmopolitan, esp. American, genus of herbaceous plants of the family Solanaceae, having berries, edible in some species, enclosed in a persistent inflated papery calyx; (also physalis) a plant of this genus, esp. the Chinese lantern, P. alkekengi, and the Cape gooseberry, P. peruviana. Also: the edible fruit of the Cape gooseberry. 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 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > edible berries > physalis or Cape gooseberry Physalis1754 Cape gooseberry1833 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tree or plant producing edible berries > physalis plant Physalis1754 Cape gooseberry1833 1754 New & Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. I. 97/1 This genus [sc. alkekengi] is called by Linnaeus physalis, and makes one of the pentandria monogynia class of plants. 1797 Encycl. Brit. 14 636/2 Physalis, the winter cherry; a genus of the monogynia. 1807 Curtis's Bot. Mag. 27 1068 (heading) Eatable Physalis or Cape Gooseberry. 1874 R. Brown Man. Bot. iii. ii. 302 This large membranous orange pouch around the fruit of Physalis has, by some botanists, been called an induvium, and the term induvial has therefore been applied to this description of calyx. 1907 T. W. Sanders Flower Garden 196 The Physalises belong to the Nightshade order. 1930 Times Educ. Suppl. 18 Oct. 431/2 The windows of the florists are bright just now with the fruits of physalis, the winter cherry. 1968 S. C. Emberton Garden Foliage ix. 219 Mustard yellow achillea and orange ‘lanterns’ of physalis teamed up with bulrushes. 1992 W. T. Parsons & E. G. Cuthbertson Noxious Weeds Austral. 606/1 Prairie ground cherry, as with several other members of the Physalis (cape gooseberry) genus, produces a fruit valued for jam making and in cooking. 2004 Food & Travel May 30 Typically relegated to garnish status, the physalis will hold its tart, tangy own where any gooseberries naturally might go. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1754 |
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