Meanings
nounground cherry (plural ground cherries)
plural ground cherries
- alternativeAlternative form of groundcherry.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounany 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
Similar
Broader
herbherbaceous plant
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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ground cherry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ground%20cherry
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“ground cherry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ground%20cherry. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ground cherry,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ground%20cherry.
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