JERUSALEM CHERRY

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Small South American shrub cultivated as a houseplant for its abundant ornamental but poisonous red or yellow cherry-sized fruit

Synonyms:

Jerusalem cherry; Madeira winter cherry; Solanum pseudocapsicum; winter cherry

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Jerusalem cherry" is a kind of...):

nightshade (any of numerous shrubs or herbs or vines of the genus Solanum; most are poisonous though many bear edible fruit)

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