physalis

noun

physa·lis

ˈfīsələ̇s,

ˈfis-;

fīˈsalə̇s

capitalized : a large genus of low-growing chiefly American annual or perennial herbs (family Solanaceae) that have an angled campanulate corolla and an inflated and sometimes brightly colored calyx enclosing a fruit which is a greenish or yellow 2-celled globular berry and that include several plants which are cultivated for their edible fruit or their showy calyxes see cape gooseberry , chinese lantern plant , ground-cherry, strawberry tomato

plural -es : any plant of the genus Physalis

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, modification of Late Greek physallis Chinese lantern plant, from Greek, bladder, bubble

单词	physalis
释义	physalis noun physa·lis ˈfīsələ̇s, ˈfis-; fīˈsalə̇s 1 capitalized : a large genus of low-growing chiefly American annual or perennial herbs (family Solanaceae) that have an angled campanulate corolla and an inflated and sometimes brightly colored calyx enclosing a fruit which is a greenish or yellow 2-celled globular berry and that include several plants which are cultivated for their edible fruit or their showy calyxes see cape gooseberry , chinese lantern plant , ground-cherry, strawberry tomato 2 plural -es : any plant of the genus Physalis Word History Etymology New Latin, modification of Late Greek physallis Chinese lantern plant, from Greek, bladder, bubble
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