Lexic.us

Definition of Purple ground cherry

1. Noun. Mexican annual naturalized in eastern North America having yellow to purple edible fruit resembling small tomatoes.

2. Noun. Annual of tropical South America having edible purple fruits.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Purple Ground Cherry

purple coral purple corals purple cress purple drank purple dye murex purple dye murices purple emperor purple emperors purple finch purple fringeless orchid

purple fringeless orchis purple gallinule purple gas purple grackle purple granadillo purple ground cherry (current term) purple hairstreak purple hairstreaks purple haze purple heart

purple heather purple heron purple herons purple loco purple locoweed purple loosestrife purple loosestrifes purple martin purple milk vetch purple mullein

Literary usage of Purple ground cherry

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

1. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry (1907)
"purple ground cherry. From Columbus, Ohio. Received thru the Livingston Seed Company, Decem- her 24, 1904. 12397. ZINNIA ELEGANS. Zinnia From Naples, Italy. ..."

2. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry (1907)
"purple ground cherry. From Columbus, Ohio. Received thru the Livingston Seed C'ompany, December 24, 1904. 12397. ZINNIA ELEGANS. Zinnia. From Naples, Italy. ..."

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