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Alkekengi

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(n.) 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.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Alkekengi'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​a/alkekengi.html. 1828.
 
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