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| Noun | 1. 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.[Websters]. | |
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Date "Alkekengi" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
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| Noah Webster | [Noun] The winter cherry, a species of physalis. The plant bears a near resemblance to solanum, or nightshade. The berry is medicinal. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
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| Physalis alkekengi | Old World perennial cultivated for its ornamental inflated papery orange-red calyx. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Physalis alkekengi | Physalis alkekengi (Chinese Lantern or Bladder-cherry), is a relative of P. peruviana (Cape Gooseberry), easily identifiable by the larger, bright orange to red papery covering over its fruit, which resemble Chinese lanterns. It is native from southern Europe east across southern Asia to Japan. (references) | ||
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| Physalis alkekengi | Aerospace | Chinese-lantern is an outdoor ornamental grown for its lantern-shaped fruit cover (pericarp). The enclosed immature fruits contain sufficient quantities of solanine to cause gastroenteritis and diarrhea in children. The mature fruits are apparently edible (Lampe and McCann 1985). Solanine, a bitter glycoalkaloid, is found in the immature berries. Ripe fruit is apparently edible (Lampe and McCann 1985, Fuller and McClintock 1986). Symptoms include diarrhea, gastroenteritis, fever, and a scratchy feeling at the back of the throat a few hours after ingestion (Lampe and McCann 1985). General symptoms of poisoning: 1- Humans: a- diarrhea; b- fever; and c- gastroenteritis. (references) | |
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| Physalis alkekengi | 5 | Physalis alkekengi | 5 | |
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| Dutch | Lampionplant (Cape gooseberry, Chinese lantern, Physalis, Physalis alkekengi). Additional references: Dutch, Netherlands, Aruba, alkekengi. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Français | alkékenge (alkekengi, Physalis alkekengi, winter cherry). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, alkekengi. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| French | alkékenge (alkekengi, Physalis alkekengi, winter cherry). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, alkekengi. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
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| Language | Translations for “alkekengi” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses. | |||
| Athag | athagalkathagekathagengathagi (alkekengi). Additional references: Athag, alkekengi. (volunteer) | |||
| Double Dutch | agalkagekagengagi (alkekengi). Additional references: Double Dutch, alkekengi. (volunteer) | |||
| Leet | ^||{&|{&//6! (alkekengi). Additional references: Leet, alkekengi. (volunteer) | |||
| Oppish | opalkopekopengopi (alkekengi). Additional references: Oppish, alkekengi. (volunteer) | |||
| Pig Latin | alkekengiway (alkekengi). Additional references: Pig Latin, alkekengi. (volunteer) | |||
| Terran B | alkekenge (alkekengi). Additional references: Terran B, alkekengi. (volunteer) | |||
| Ubbi Dubbi | ubalkubekubengubi (alkekengi). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, alkekengi. (volunteer) | |||
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