Noun: winter cherry
- Old World perennial cultivated for its ornamental inflated papery orange-red calyx
"Winter cherry provided winter interest in the garden";
- Chinese lantern plant, bladder cherry, Physalis alkekengi
- Small South American shrub cultivated as a houseplant for its abundant ornamental but poisonous red or yellow cherry-sized fruit
"The winter cherry's bright fruits add colour to indoor spaces"; "The Madeira winter cherry's bright fruits add colour to indoor spaces";
- Jerusalem cherry, Madeira winter cherry, Solanum pseudocapsicum
Derived forms: winter cherries
Type of: ground cherry, husk tomato, nightshade
Encyclopedia: Winter cherry