Phrase guide

bladder cherry

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A plant, Alkekengi officinarum (syn. Physalis alkekengi), having a bright, paperlike covering over its fruit, native to southern Europe.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Old World perennial cultivated for its ornamental inflated papery orange-red calyx

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Chinese lantern plant, winter cherry, Physalis alkekengi

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: ground cherry, husk tomato

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

55 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: كَاكِنْج (kākinj) — Physalis alkekengi
  • Armenian: հարսնախոտ (harsnaxot) — Physalis alkekengi
  • Middle Armenian: քաքանաճ (kʻakʻanač) — Physalis alkekengi
  • Middle Armenian: ղամբիլ (ġambil) — Physalis alkekengi
  • Azerbaijani: adi yergiləsi — Physalis alkekengi
  • Catalan: alquequengi — Physalis alkekengi
  • Chinese Mandarin: 酸漿 /酸浆 (suānjiāng) — Physalis alkekengi
  • Danish: jødekirsebær — Physalis alkekengi
  • Esperanto: alkekengo — Physalis alkekengi
  • Finnish: lyhtykoiso — Physalis alkekengi
  • French: alkékenge — Physalis alkekengi
  • French: coccigrole — Physalis alkekengi
  • French: amour-en-cage — Physalis alkekengi
  • French: cerise d'hiver — Physalis alkekengi
  • French: lanterne japonaise — Physalis alkekengi
  • Galician: ruxideira — Physalis alkekengi
  • Georgian: ონტკოფა (onṭḳopa) — Physalis alkekengi
  • Georgian: დუდღუბო (dudɣubo) — Physalis alkekengi
  • Georgian: დუდგუბო (dudgubo) — Physalis alkekengi
  • Georgian: დუდღუბელა (dudɣubela) — Physalis alkekengi
  • Georgian: დუდღუბა (dudɣuba) — Physalis alkekengi
  • Georgian: დღუბდღუბა (dɣubdɣuba) — Physalis alkekengi
  • Georgian: ბაბუშტელა (babušṭela) — Physalis alkekengi
  • Georgian: კატაყვერა (ḳaṭaq̇vera) — Physalis alkekengi
  • Georgian: ოტყაჩუა (oṭq̇ačua) — Physalis alkekengi
  • Georgian: ზაღლი ზივ (zaɣli ziv) — Physalis alkekengi
  • Georgian: სატკაჩუნა (saṭḳačuna) — Physalis alkekengi
  • Georgian: ონტკოფილა (onṭḳopila) — Physalis alkekengi
  • Georgian: ოტკოფილა (oṭḳopila) — Physalis alkekengi
  • German: Lampionblume — Physalis alkekengi
  • Ancient Greek: ἁλικάκκαβον (halikákkabon) — Physalis alkekengi
  • Italian: alchechengi — Physalis alkekengi
  • Japanese: 酸漿 — Physalis alkekengi
  • Japanese: 鬼灯 (hōzuki) — Physalis alkekengi
  • Korean: 꽈리 (kkwari) — Physalis alkekengi
  • Mingrelian: ტყვატყვაცია (ṭq̇vaṭq̇vacia) — Physalis alkekengi
  • Mingrelian: ყუაში მაპაშქინია (q̇uaši maṗaškinia) — Physalis alkekengi
  • Persian: کاکنج (kâkanaj, kâkonaj, kâkenaj) — Physalis alkekengi
  • Persian: عروسک پشت پرده ('arusak-e pošt-e parde) — Physalis alkekengi
  • Persian: کاکنه (kâkone) — Physalis alkekengi
  • Polish: miechunka rozdęta — Physalis alkekengi
  • Portuguese: alquequenje — Physalis alkekengi
  • Portuguese: alquequenge — Physalis alkekengi
  • Romanian: păpălău — Physalis alkekengi
  • Russian: физа́лис (fizális) — Physalis alkekengi
  • Spanish: vejiga de perro — Physalis alkekengi
  • Spanish: alquequenje — Physalis alkekengi
  • Spanish: farol chino — Physalis alkekengi
  • Spanish: halicácabo — Physalis alkekengi
  • Svan: ჟჷნტი (žənṭi) — Physalis alkekengi
  • Swedish: japansk lykta — Physalis alkekengi
  • Swedish: judekörs — Physalis alkekengi
  • Turkish: güveyfeneri — Physalis alkekengi
  • Turkish: gelin otu — Physalis alkekengi
  • Ottoman Turkish: كویكی فناری (güveyi feneri) — Physalis alkekengi