Synonyms of winter cherry

Noun


1. Chinese lantern plant, winter cherry, bladder cherry, Physalis alkekengi, ground cherry, husk tomato

usage: Old World perennial cultivated for its ornamental inflated papery orange-red calyx

2. Jerusalem cherry, winter cherry, Madeira winter cherry, Solanum pseudocapsicum, nightshade

usage: small South American shrub cultivated as a houseplant for its abundant ornamental but poisonous red or yellow cherry-sized fruit

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