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Japanese lantern

Japanese lantern noun: bladder cherry (Alkekengi officinarum, syn. Physalis alkekengi).

Noun

Japanese lantern (plural Japanese lanterns)

  1. bladder cherry (Alkekengi officinarum, syn. Physalis alkekengi).
  2. A tropical East African shrub of species Hibiscus schizopetalus.

Forms of Japanese lantern

pluralJapanese lanterns

Questions about Japanese lantern

What does Japanese lantern mean?
Japanese lantern means bladder cherry (Alkekengi officinarum, syn. Physalis alkekengi).
What part of speech is Japanese lantern?
Japanese lantern is a noun.
What is the plural of Japanese lantern?
The plural of Japanese lantern is Japanese lanterns.

Words near Japanese lantern in the dictionary

  1. Japanese jack mackerel
  2. Japanese jack mackerels
  3. Japanese knotweed
  4. Japanese lacquer tree
  5. Japanese lacquer trees
  6. Japanese lantern
  7. Japanese lanterns
  8. Japanese lilac
  9. Japanese lilacs
  10. Japanese macaque
  11. Japanese macaques

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