winter cherry

noun

bladder cherry or Chinese lantern (Alkekengi officinarum, syn. Physalis alkekengi)

Similar
Chinese lantern plantbladder cherryPhysalis alkekengiJerusalem cherryMadeira winter cherrySolanum pseudocapsicum
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Meanings

nounwinter cherry (plural winter cherries)

plural winter cherries

  1. bladder cherry or Chinese lantern (Alkekengi officinarum, syn. Physalis alkekengi)
  2. other species of Physalis
  3. Jerusalem cherry (Solanum pseudocapsicum)
  4. ashwagandha (Withania somnifera)
  5. lesser balloon vine (Cardiospermum halicacabum)

Synonyms & antonyms

nounOld World perennial cultivated for its ornamental inflated papery orange-red calyx

Similar
Chinese lantern plantbladder cherryPhysalis alkekengi
Broader
ground cherryhusk tomato

nounsmall South American shrub cultivated as a houseplant for its abundant ornamental but poisonous red or yellow cherry-sized fruit

Similar
Jerusalem cherryMadeira winter cherrySolanum pseudocapsicum
Broader
nightshade
Also see
ashwagandhabladder cherryjerusalem cherry

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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Chicago

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