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单词 cape gooseberry
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cape gooseberry


Cape gooseberry

n. A tropical South American ground cherry (Physalis peruviana) having yellow flowers with purple centers and an inflated calyx enclosing an edible yellow berry used to make jam, sauces, and desserts.
[After the Cape ofGood Hopewhere European settlers introduced the plant in the early 1800s (its cultivation later speading from there to other parts of the English-speaking world).]

cape gooseberry

n (Plants) another name for strawberry tomato
Thesaurus
Noun1.cape gooseberry - annual of tropical South America having edible purple fruitsPhysalis peruviana, purple ground cherrygenus Physalis, Physalis - ground cherriesground cherry, husk tomato - any 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
Translations

cape gooseberry


Related to cape gooseberry: ground cherry
  • noun

Synonyms for cape gooseberry

noun annual of tropical South America having edible purple fruits

Synonyms

  • Physalis peruviana
  • purple ground cherry

Related Words

  • genus Physalis
  • Physalis
  • ground cherry
  • husk tomato
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