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cape gooseberry
Cape gooseberryn. A tropical South American ground cherry (Physalis peruviana) having yellow flowers with purple centers and an inflated calyx enclosing an edible yellow berry used to make jam, sauces, and desserts.
[After the Cape ofGood Hopewhere European settlers introduced the plant in the early 1800s (its cultivation later speading from there to other parts of the English-speaking world).]cape gooseberry n (Plants) another name for strawberry tomato Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | cape gooseberry - annual of tropical South America having edible purple fruitsPhysalis peruviana, purple ground cherrygenus Physalis, Physalis - ground cherriesground 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 |
Translationscape gooseberry
Related to cape gooseberry: ground cherrySynonyms for cape gooseberrynoun annual of tropical South America having edible purple fruitsSynonyms- Physalis peruviana
- purple ground cherry
Related Words- genus Physalis
- Physalis
- ground cherry
- husk tomato
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