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Chinese-lantern plant
(c̸hī′nēz lant′ərn)
a perennial ground-cherry (Physalis alkekengi) grown for winter bouquets because of the bladderlike red calyx that surrounds its small, tomatolike fruit
See Chinese-lantern plant in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
See winter cherry.
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