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Definition of Physalis alkekengi
1. Noun. Old World perennial cultivated for its ornamental inflated papery orange-red calyx.
Generic synonyms: Ground Cherry, Husk Tomato
Lexicographical Neighbors of Physalis Alkekengi
Literary usage of Physalis alkekengi
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Phytopathology by American Phytopathological Society (1917)
"Further, no demonstrable infection resulted in the case of Petunia (hybrid),
Datura cornucopia, D. fastuosa, and physalis alkekengi when the isolations were ..."
2. King's American Dispensatory by John King, Harvey Wickes Felter, John Uri Lloyd (1900)
"physalis alkekengi, Alkekengi, or Winter cherry, of Europe, has the stem somewhat
... The fruit of physalis alkekengi contains citric acid and sugar. ..."
3. The English Flower Garden and Pleasure Ground: Design and Arrangement Shown by William Robinson (1899)
"physalis alkekengi (Winter Cherry). —A handsome and curious South European plant,
bearing in autumn bright orange-red bladder-like calyces, ..."
4. The Medico-chirurgical Review, and Journal of Practical Medicine (1832)
"The fruit of the Winter Cherry (physalis alkekengi) is also used as a condiment.
... The fruit of the Winter Cherry (physalis alkekengi) is diuretic. ..."
5. Phytopathology by American Phytopathological Society (1917)
"Further, no demonstrable infection resulted in the case of Petunia (hybrid),
Datura cornucopia, D. fastuosa, and physalis alkekengi when the isolations were ..."
6. King's American Dispensatory by John King, Harvey Wickes Felter, John Uri Lloyd (1900)
"physalis alkekengi, Alkekengi, or Winter cherry, of Europe, has the stem somewhat
... The fruit of physalis alkekengi contains citric acid and sugar. ..."
7. The English Flower Garden and Pleasure Ground: Design and Arrangement Shown by William Robinson (1899)
"physalis alkekengi (Winter Cherry). —A handsome and curious South European plant,
bearing in autumn bright orange-red bladder-like calyces, ..."
8. The Medico-chirurgical Review, and Journal of Practical Medicine (1832)
"The fruit of the Winter Cherry (physalis alkekengi) is also used as a condiment.
... The fruit of the Winter Cherry (physalis alkekengi) is diuretic. ..."
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