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English noun: winter cherry

1. winter cherry (plant) Old World perennial cultivated for its ornamental inflated papery orange-red calyx


Synonymsbladder cherry, Chinese lantern plant, Physalis alkekengi


Broader (hypernym)ground cherry, husk tomato

2. winter cherry (plant) small South American shrub cultivated as a houseplant for its abundant ornamental but poisonous red or yellow cherry-sized fruit


SynonymsJerusalem cherry, Madeira winter cherry, Solanum pseudocapsicum


Broader (hypernym)nightshade









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