winter cherry

winter cherry

n. A perennial plant (Physalis alkekengi) native to Eurasia, having small red berries enclosed in inflated papery orange-red calyces. Also called Chinese lantern.

winter cherry

n 1. (Plants) a Eurasian solanaceous plant, Physalis alkekengi, cultivated for its ornamental inflated papery orange-red calyx 2. (Plants) the calyx of this plant

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Noun	1.	winter cherry - Old World perennial cultivated for its ornamental inflated papery orange-red calyxbladder cherry, Chinese lantern plant, Physalis alkekengiground cherry, husk tomato - any of numerous cosmopolitan annual or perennial herbs of the genus Physalis bearing edible fleshy berries enclosed in a bladderlike husk; some cultivated for their flowers
	2.	winter cherry - small South American shrub cultivated as a houseplant for its abundant ornamental but poisonous red or yellow cherry-sized fruitJerusalem cherry, Madeira winter cherry, Solanum pseudocapsicumnightshade - any of numerous shrubs or herbs or vines of the genus Solanum; most are poisonous though many bear edible fruit

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