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Jerusalem cherry

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Jerusalem cherry
n.
An Old World ornamental shrub (Solanum pseudocapsicum) having inedible scarlet or yellow fruit and grown as a houseplant.

Jerusalem cherry
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a small South American solanaceous shrub, Solanum pseudo-capsicum, cultivated as a house plant for its white flowers and inedible reddish cherry-like fruit
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Noun1.Jerusalem cherry - small South American shrub cultivated as a houseplant for its abundant ornamental but poisonous red or yellow cherry-sized fruitJerusalem cherry - small South American shrub cultivated as a houseplant for its abundant ornamental but poisonous red or yellow cherry-sized fruit
nightshade - any of numerous shrubs or herbs or vines of the genus Solanum; most are poisonous though many bear edible fruit


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