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Alkekengi   Listen
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Alkekengi  n.  (Bot.) An herbaceous plant of the nightshade family (Physalis alkekengi) and its fruit, which is a well flavored berry, the size of a cherry, loosely inclosed in a enlarged leafy calyx; also called winter cherry, ground cherry, and strawberry tomato.






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"Alkekengi" Quotes from Famous Books



... under glass. The hardy kinds will grow in any soil, and are increased by seed. P. Francheti produces seed-pods over 2 in. in diameter, the Cherry-like fruit of which is edible and makes a fine preserve. It is larger than that of the old Winter Cherry, P. Alkekengi. They flower in August. Height, 1 ...
— Gardening for the Million • Alfred Pink



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