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ground-cherry definition

☆ ground·-cherry (gro̵und′c̸her′ē)

noun

any of a genus (Physalis) of plants of the nightshade family having small tomatolike fruits completely enclosed by a papery calyx

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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