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Noun: Physalis alkekengi
  1. Old World perennial cultivated for its ornamental inflated papery orange-red calyx
    - Chinese lantern plant, winter cherry, bladder cherry

Type of: ground cherry, husk tomato

Encyclopedia: Physalis alkekengi

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phylum Platyhelminthes
phylum Pogonophora
phylum Porifera
phylum Protozoa
phylum Pyrrophyta
phylum Rotifera
phylum Sipuncula
physa
Physalia
Physalis
Physalis alkekengi
Physalis ixocarpa
Physalis peruviana
Physalis philadelphica
Physalis pruinosa
Physalis pubescens
Physalis viscosa
Physaria
Physeter
Physeter catodon
Physeteridae