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winter cherry

winter cherry noun: bladder cherry or Chinese lantern (Alkekengi officinarum, syn. Physalis alkekengi).

Noun

winter cherry (plural winter cherries)

  1. bladder cherry or Chinese lantern (Alkekengi officinarum, syn. Physalis alkekengi)
  2. other species of Physalis
  3. Jerusalem cherry (Solanum pseudocapsicum)
  4. ashwagandha (Withania somnifera)
  5. lesser balloon vine (Cardiospermum halicacabum)

winter cherry meaning in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu

winter cherry in Hindi

winter cherry
काकनज kāknaj

winter cherry in Tamil

winter cherry
தக்காளி takkāḷi

winter cherry in Telugu

winter cherry, a certain medicinal plant, of species Withania somnifera
పెన్నేరు pennēru

Forms of winter cherry

pluralwinter cherries

Questions about winter cherry

What does winter cherry mean?
Winter cherry means bladder cherry or Chinese lantern (Alkekengi officinarum, syn. Physalis alkekengi).
What is winter cherry in Hindi?
Winter cherry in Hindi is काकनज (kāknaj). See Winter cherry meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is winter cherry?
Winter cherry is a noun.
What is the plural of winter cherry?
The plural of winter cherry is winter cherries.

Words near winter cherry in the dictionary

  1. winter break
  2. winter breaks
  3. winter carnival
  4. winter carnivals
  5. winter cherries
  6. winter cherry
  7. winter coat
  8. winter coats
  9. winter count
  10. winter countries
  11. winter country

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Adapted from Wiktionary: winter cherry (page history and authors); काकनज (Hindi) (page history and authors); தக்காளி (Tamil) (page history and authors); పెన్నేరు (Telugu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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