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Cape gooseberry

Cape gooseberry noun: a tropical South American plant of species Physalis peruviana, with a bright yellow, edible fruit.

cape gooseberry: a tropical South American plant of species Physalis peruviana, with a bright yellow, edible fruit
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Noun

Cape gooseberry (plural Cape gooseberries)

  1. A tropical South American plant of species Physalis peruviana, with a bright yellow, edible fruit.
    Synonyms:
    physalis
  2. The fruit of this plant.

Cape gooseberry meaning in Tamil, Tagalog, Arabic and Persian

Cape gooseberry in Tamil

பிள்ளைத்தக்காளி

Cape gooseberry in Tagalog

plant
lobolobohan
fruit
lobolobohan

Cape gooseberry in Arabic

plant
حَرَنْكَش ḥarankaš
fruit
حَرَنْكَش ḥarankaš

Cape gooseberry in Persian

plant
فیسالیس fisâlis, توت طلایی tut-e talâ-i, فیسالیس زرد fisâlis-e zard, گیلاس زمینی gilâs-e zamini
fruit
توت طلایی tut-e talâ-i, فیسالیس fisâlis, فیسالیس زرد fisâlis-e zard, گیلاس زمینی gilâs-e zamini
More languagesFewer languages
Dhivehi
މުރާކި murāki

Synonyms of Cape gooseberry

Forms of Cape gooseberry

pluralCape gooseberries

Questions about Cape gooseberry

What does Cape gooseberry mean?
Cape gooseberry means a tropical South American plant of species Physalis peruviana, with a bright yellow, edible fruit.
What is Cape gooseberry in Tamil?
Cape gooseberry in Tamil is பிள்ளைத்தக்காளி. See Cape gooseberry meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Cape gooseberry?
Cape gooseberry is a noun.
What is the plural of Cape gooseberry?
The plural of Cape gooseberry is Cape gooseberries.

Words near Cape gooseberry in the dictionary

  1. Cape fox
  2. Cape foxes
  3. Cape Girardeau
  4. Cape Girardeau County
  5. Cape gooseberries
  6. Cape gooseberry
  7. Cape gull
  8. Cape gulls
  9. Cape gum
  10. Cape Haitien
  11. Cape Hatteras

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