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Winter cherry   /wˈɪntər tʃˈɛri/   Listen
Winter cherry

noun
1.
Old World perennial cultivated for its ornamental inflated papery orange-red calyx.  Synonyms: bladder cherry, Chinese lantern plant, Physalis alkekengi.
2.
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.





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