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winter cherry

noun

1 winter cherry

Old World perennial cultivated for its ornamental inflated papery orange-red calyx.

synonyms: bladder cherry, Chinese lantern plant, Physalis alkekengi.

Polish: miechunka rozdęta, garliczka, pęcherznica

2 winter cherry

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.

Polish: koralina, psianka koralowa


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