noun
Meaning 1
Any plant of the genus Physalis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
physalis
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈfɪsəlɪs/
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/faɪˈseɪlɪs/
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noun
Meaning 2
Fruit of such a plant, a yellow-orange berry, typically firm in texture with a mild, refreshing acidity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
ground cherries
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: genus Physalis
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: asterid dicot genus
History
Etymology
From New Latin Physalis, coined by Linnaeus from Ancient Greek φυσαλλίς (phusallís, “bladder, wind instrument”), from φυσιόω (phusióō, “to puff up, blow up”), φυσώ (phusṓ).
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: հարսնախոտ (harsnaxot) — plant of the genus Physalis
- Dutch: physalis — plant of the genus Physalis
- Finnish: lyhtykoiso — plant of the genus Physalis
- German: Blasenkirsche — plant of the genus Physalis
- German: Judenkirsche — plant of the genus Physalis
- German: Physalis — plant of the genus Physalis
- Persian: عروسک پشت پرده ('arusak-e pošt-e parde) — plant of the genus Physalis
- Persian: فیسالیس (fisâlis) — plant of the genus Physalis
- Persian: کاکنج (kâkanaj, kâkonaj, kâkenaj) — plant of the genus Physalis
- Polish: miechunka — plant of the genus Physalis
- Portuguese: fisális — plant of the genus Physalis
- Romanian: physalis — plant of the genus Physalis
- Spanish: uchuva — plant of the genus Physalis
- Catalan: tomatigueta daurada — fruit of such a plant
- Finnish: lyhtykoison marja — fruit of such a plant
- French: cerise de terre — fruit of such a plant
- German: Kapstachelbeere — fruit of such a plant
- German: Physalis — fruit of such a plant
- Polish: miechunka — fruit of such a plant
- Portuguese: fisális — fruit of such a plant