Definition of Physalis viscosa

1. Noun. Found on sea beaches from Virginia to South America having greenish-yellow flowers and orange or yellow berries.

Exact synonyms: Yellow Henbane
Generic synonyms: Ground Cherry, Husk Tomato

Lexicographical Neighbors of Physalis Viscosa

Phyllostachys nigra
Phyllostomatidae
Phyllostomidae
Phyllostomus
Phyllostomus hastatus
Phylloxera vitifoleae
Phylloxeridae
PhyloCode
PhysEd
Physalis alkekengi
Physalis ixocarpa
Physalis peruviana
Physalis philadelphica
Physalis pruinosa
Physalis pubescens
Physalis viscosa (current term)
Physaloptera
Physaria
Physarum
Physeter catodon
Physeteridae
Physicians Data Query
Physick
Physidae
Physopsis
Physostegia virginiana
Physostigma venenosum
Phytelephas macrocarpa
Phytoflagellata

Literary usage of Physalis viscosa

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Good Roads Institute, Held at the University of North by University of North Carolina (1793-1962) (1914)
"Chenopodium Botrys, Physalis viscosa, and Salsola Kali are of common, though not universal, ... Besides the Uniola, Physalis viscosa, Cro- ton punctatus, ..."

2. Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests, Medical, Economical, and by Francis Peyre Porcher (1869)
"GROUND-CHEEKY, (Physalis viscosa, L. Physalis obscura, Mich. Physalis pubescens, L.) Diffused ; grows along roads ; collected in St. John's Berkeley ..."

3. Plant Life of Alabama: An Account of the Distribution, Modes of Association by Charles Theodore Mohr (1901)
"Flowers in June; fruit September 1C (1898). Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. Physalis viscosa L. Sp. PI. 1:183. 1753. ..."

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