physalis


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
physalis /ˈfʌɪsəlɪs, ˈfɪs-, fʌɪˈseɪlɪs/
noun a plant of a genus that includes the Cape gooseberry and Chinese lantern, which has an inflated lantern-like calyx. [Genus Physalis.]
– origin mod. L., from Gk phusallis ‘bladder’.
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