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alkekengi - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'alkekengi' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Alkekengi [ 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.