winter cherry
1.
(
noun
) small South American shrub cultivated as a houseplant for its abundant ornamental but poisonous red or yellow cherry-sized fruit
Synonyms:
Jerusalem cherry
,
Madeira winter cherry
,
Solanum pseudocapsicum
Related Words:
nightshade
2.
(
noun
) Old World perennial cultivated for its ornamental inflated papery orange-red calyx
Synonyms:
Chinese lantern plant
,
Physalis alkekengi
,
bladder cherry
Related Words:
ground cherry
,
husk tomato
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