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(), n.[Cf. F. alkkenge, Sp. alquequenje, ultimately fr. Ar. al-kkanj a kind of resin from Herat.] (Bot.) 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. D. C. Eaton. スポンサード リンク
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