winter cherry
noun
Also called Chinese lantern plant.
a Eurasian ground cherry, Physalis alkekengi, of the nightshade family, bearing fruit enclosed in a showy, orange-red, inflated calyx.
the red, berrylike fruit of this plant.
Also called
alkekengi.
Origin of winter cherry
First recorded in 1540–50
Words nearby winter cherry
winston-salem,
winter,
winter aconite,
winter barley,
winter break,
winter cherry,
winter cress,
winter crookneck,
winter flounder,
winter games,
winter garden
Example sentences from the Web for winter cherry
It had eight heads, and the eyes were red, "like winter-cherry."
Myths & Legends of Japan |F. Hadland (Frederick Hadland) Davis
British Dictionary definitions for winter cherry
winter cherry
noun
a Eurasian solanaceous plant, Physalis alkekengi, cultivated for its ornamental inflated papery orange-red calyx
the calyx of this plant
See also
Chinese lantern,
ground cherry