groundcherry

English

Alternative forms

• ground cherry, ground-cherry

Etymology

From ground +‎ cherry.

Pronunciation

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Noun

groundcherry (plural groundcherries)

1. Any of various plants in the genus Physalis and their fruits
2. Prunus fruticosa

Derived terms

• broad-leaved groundcherry (Physalis latiphysa)
• Carpenter's groundcherry (Physalis carpenteri)
• Chihuahuan groundcherry (Physalis subulata)
• clammy groundcherry (Physalis heterophylla)
• coastal groundcherry (Physalis angustifolia)
• common groundcherry (Physalis longifolia)
• cut-leaved groundcherry (Physalis angulata)
• cypress-headed groundcherry (Physalis arenicola)
• dwarf groundcherry (Physalis pumila)
• field groundcherry (Physalis mollis)
• golden strawberry (Physalis pubescens) – Chinese lantern
• grape groundcherry (Physalis viscosa)
• heart-leaved groundcherry (Physalis cordata)
• ivy-leaved groundcherry (Physalis hederifolia)
• lance-leaved groundcherry (Physalis angulata)
• long-leaved groundcherry (Physalis longifolia
• Mexican groundcherry (Physalis philadelphica) – tomatillo, jamberry, Mexican tomato
• Missouri groundcherry (Physalis missouriensis)
• Peruvian groundcherry (Physalis peruviana), Inca berry, Cape gooseberry
• prairie groundcherry (Physalis hispida))
• pygmy groundcherry (Physalis minima), native gooseberry (Australia)
• sharp-leaved groundcherry (Physalis acutifolia)
• small-flowered groundcherry (Physalis cinerascens)
• smooth groundcherry (Physalis subglabrata)
• southwestern groundcherry (Physalis caudella)
• star-haired groundcherry (Physalis viscosa)
• strawberry groundcherry (Physalis pruinosa)
• thicket groundcherry (Physalis turbinata)
• thick-leaved groundcherry (Physalis crassifolia)
• tropical groundcherry (Physalis foetens)
• Virginia groundcherry (Physalis virginiana)
• Walter's groundcherry (Physalis walteri)
• Wright groundcherry (Physalis acutifolia)
• yellow nightshade groundcherry (Physalis crassifolia)

Translations

Physalis genus plant

Dutch: lampionplant (nl) f French: coqueret (fr) m German: Blasenkirsche f Korean: 꽈리 (kkwari) Plautdietsch: Ieedkjoasch f Swedish: lyktört c

Prunus fruticosa

Chinese: Mandarin: 草原櫻桃 / 草原樱桃 (cǎoyuányīngtáo) French: prunier nain m, cerisier des steppes m German: Zwerg-Kirsche f Hungarian: csepleszmeggy (hu) Russian: вишня кустарниковая f (višnja kustarnikovaja)

References

• groundcherry on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Physalis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Physalis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons