Definitions for ground-cherry

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ground-cherry ground cherry

Ground-Cherry is a 13 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 579 anagrams from letters in ground-cherry (-cdeghnorrruy).

Definitions for ground-cherry

noun

1. Also called husk tomato. any of several plants belonging to the genus Physalis, of the nightshade family, the several species bearing an edible berry enclosed in an enlarged calyx.
2. any of several European dwarf cherries, especially Prunus fruticosa, of the rose family.
3. the fruit of any of these plants.

Origin of ground-cherry

First recorded in 1595-1605

Examples for ground-cherry

The Physalis, Husk tomato or ground cherry is quite distinct, botanically.

This ground cherry has beautiful purple flowers, each with a white-rayed, woolly star in the center of the corolla.