winter cherry

A frequently cultivated Eurasian plant (Physalis alkekengi) having small red berries enclosed in inflated papery orange-red seed cases. Also called Chinese lantern plant.

winter cherry

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a Eurasian solanaceous plant, Physalis alkekengi, cultivated for its ornamental inflated papery orange-red calyx

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) the calyx of this plant See also Chinese lantern, ground cherry

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Noun	1.	winter cherry - Old World perennial cultivated for its ornamental inflated papery orange-red calyx bladder cherry, Chinese lantern plant, Physalis alkekengi ground cherry, husk tomato - any of numerous cosmopolitan annual or perennial herbs of the genus Physalis bearing edible fleshy berries enclosed in a bladderlike husk; some cultivated for their flowers
	2.	winter cherry - small South American shrub cultivated as a houseplant for its abundant ornamental but poisonous red or yellow cherry-sized fruit Jerusalem cherry, Madeira winter cherry, Solanum pseudocapsicum 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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winter cherry n → alchechengi m inv

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Alkekengi bladder cherry Chinese lantern Chinese lantern plant ground cherry husk tomato Jerusalem cherry madeira winter cherry nightshade Physalis alkekengi Solanum pseudocapsicum	It is also referred to as the Indian ginseng and the winter cherry. Stressful Life Changes Got You Down? Fight Back with Ashwagandha by Darrell Miller / Health care industry community Ashwagandha (fatigue & insomnia) The roots of this nightshade plant, also known as Indian ginseng or winter cherry, have been used in parts of Asia and Africa to treat various ailments, including lower back pain, arthritis, sexual dysfunction, and stomach upset. Herbal Tonics by Kathleen Engel / Natural Health Byline: Graham Porter THE name Solanum pseudocapsicum is not one that trips off the tongue easily but Winter Cherry might just be a little more pronounceable if you have not been sipping too much sherry whilst stuffing the Turkey GARDENING: Brighten up those gloomy days with the Winter Cherry by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)	winnow out winnower Winnowing wino Winrow Winsing Winslet Winslow Winslow Homer winsome winsomely winsomeness Winstanley Winston Winston Churchill Winston S. Churchill Winston-Salem winter winter aconite Winter apple Winter barley Winter berry Winter bloom winter break Winter bud winter cherry winter collection Winter cough winter cress winter crookneck winter crookneck squash Winter crop winter currant Winter duck Winter egg Winter fallow Winter fat winter fern Winter fever winter flounder winter flowering cherry winter garden Winter gull winter hazel winter heath winter hedge winter heliotrope Winter itch winter jasmine Winter lodge winter melon	winter winter winter winter winter aconite winter aconite winter aconite winter aconites winter aconites winter aconites winter anestrus Winter Annual Meeting Winter Annual Weeds Winter annuals Winter Apple Winter barley Winter berry Winter Bird Population Study Winter bloom Winter Blues winter break winter break Winter Break Training Camp Winter bud winter buoy Winter Business Economics Conference Winter Camp Future Society winter cherries winter cherries winter cherries winter cherry Winter Cities Association Winter Cities Europe Winter clothes Winter clothes Winter clothes Winter clothing Winter clothing Winter clothing Winter Cloud Experiment winter collection Winter Consumer Electronics Show Winter cough Winter cough winter cress winter cress winter cress winter cresses winter cresses winter cresses winter crookneck winter crookneck squash Winter crop Winter crop winter currant Winter Dance Conference Winter Death Syndrome Winter Demand Reduction Incentive Winter depression Winter depression Winter depression

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Alkekengi
bladder cherry
Chinese lantern
Chinese lantern plant
ground cherry
husk tomato
Jerusalem cherry
madeira winter cherry
nightshade
Physalis alkekengi
Solanum pseudocapsicum

It is also referred to as the Indian ginseng and the winter cherry.

Stressful Life Changes Got You Down? Fight Back with Ashwagandha by Darrell Miller / Health care industry community

Ashwagandha (fatigue & insomnia) The roots of this nightshade plant, also known as Indian ginseng or winter cherry, have been used in parts of Asia and Africa to treat various ailments, including lower back pain, arthritis, sexual dysfunction, and stomach upset.

Herbal Tonics by Kathleen Engel / Natural Health

Byline: Graham Porter THE name Solanum pseudocapsicum is not one that trips off the tongue easily but Winter Cherry might just be a little more pronounceable if you have not been sipping too much sherry whilst stuffing the Turkey

GARDENING: Brighten up those gloomy days with the Winter Cherry by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)

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