winter cherry
winter cherry · winter cherries
физалис
Lampionblume
Bladder cherry or Chinese lanternBladder cherry or Chinese lantern (Alkekengi officinarum, syn. Physalis alkekengi)
Meaning
5 sensesBladder cherry or Chinese lantern (Alkekengi officinarum, syn. Physalis alkekengi)
Other species of Physalis
Jerusalem cherry (Solanum pseudocapsicum)
Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera)
Lesser balloon vine (Cardiospermum halicacabum)
More definitions
- small South American shrub cultivated as a houseplant for its abundant ornamental but poisonous red or yellow cherry-sized fruit
- Old World perennial cultivated for its ornamental inflated papery orange-red calyx
Forms
plural: winter cherries| Singular | winter cherry |
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regular
Synonyms
6 synonymsClose in meaning
- small South American shrub cultivated as a houseplant for its abundant ornamental but poisonous red or yellow cherry-sized fruit:Jerusalem cherryMadeira winter cherrySolanum pseudocapsicum
- Old World perennial cultivated for its ornamental inflated papery orange-red calyx:Chinese lantern plantbladder cherryPhysalis alkekengi