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单词 winter cherry
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winter cherry


noun

Also called Chinese lantern plant. a Eurasian ground cherry, Physalis alkekengi, of the nightshade family, bearing fruit enclosed in a showy, orange-red, inflated calyx.
the red, berrylike fruit of this plant.
Also called alkekengi.

Origin of winter cherry

First recorded in 1540–50

Words nearby winter cherry

winter aconite, winter barley, winterberry, winterbourne, winter break, winter cherry, winter cress, winter crookneck, winterfeed, winter flounder, Winter Games
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Example sentences from the Web for winter cherry

  • It had eight heads, and the eyes were red, "like winter-cherry."

    Myths & Legends of Japan|F. Hadland (Frederick Hadland) Davis

British Dictionary definitions for winter cherry

winter cherry

noun

a Eurasian solanaceous plant, Physalis alkekengi, cultivated for its ornamental inflated papery orange-red calyx
the calyx of this plant
See also Chinese lantern, ground cherry
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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