• (n.) An herbaceous plant of the nightshade family (Physalis alkekengi) and its fruit, which is a well flavored berry, the size of a cherry, loosely inclosed in a enlarged leafy calyx; -- also called winter cherry, ground cherry, and strawberry tomato.
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<botany> An herbaceous plant of the nightshade family (Physalis alkekengi) and its fruit, which is a well flavored berry, the size of a cherry, loosely inclosed in a enlarged leafy calyx; also called winter cherry, ground cherry, and strawberry tomato. ... Origin: Cf. F. Alkekenge, Sp. Alquequenje, ultimately fr. Ar. Al-kakanj a kind of resin...
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Al`ke·ken'gi noun [ Confer French
alkékenge , Spanish
alquequenje , ultimately from Arabic
al- kākanj a kind of resin from Herat.]
(Botany) An herbaceous plant of the nightshade family (
Physalis alkekengi ) and its fruit, which is a well flavored berry, the s...
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the winter cherry plant or fruit.
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