Physalis


Definition: Meaning of, Physalis in English to English dictionary.

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  1. ground cherries
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Physalis used in phrases

  • Physalis alkekengi (noun)
    1. old World perennial cultivated for its ornamental inflated papery orange-red calyx
  • Physalis ixocarpa (noun)
    1. annual of Mexico and southern United States having edible purplish viscid fruit resembling small tomatoes
  • Physalis peruviana (noun)
    1. annual of tropical South America having edible purple fruits
  • Physalis philadelphica (noun)
    1. mexican annual naturalized in eastern North America having yellow to purple edible fruit resembling small tomatoes
  • Physalis pruinosa (noun)
    1. stout hairy annual of eastern North America with sweet yellow fruits
  • Physalis pubescens (noun)
    1. decorative American annual having round fleshy yellow berries enclosed in a bladderlike husk
  • Physalis viscosa (noun)
    1. found on sea beaches from Virginia to South America having greenish-yellow flowers and orange or yellow berries
  • genus Physalis (noun)
    1. ground cherries
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