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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
alkekengi \al`keken"gi\, n. cf. f. alk'ekenge, sp.
alquequenje, ultimately fr. ar. al-k=akanj a kind of resin
from herat. bot.
an herbaceous plant of the nightshade family physalis
alkekengi and its fruit, which is a well flavored berry,
the size of a cherry, loosely inclosed in a enlarged leafy
calyx; -- also called winter cherry, ground cherry, and
strawberry tomato. --d. c. eaton.
1913 webster
see also:
physalis alkekengi winter cherry ground cherry strawberry tomato
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