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alkekengi (medicine)


alkekengi
<botany> An herbaceous plant of the nightshade family (Physalis alkekengi) and its fruit, which is a well flavored berry, the size of a cherry, loosely inclosed in a enlarged leafy calyx; also called winter cherry, ground cherry, and strawberry tomato.

Origin: Cf. F. Alkekenge, Sp. Alquequenje, ultimately fr. Ar. Al-kakanj a kind of resin from Herat.

Source: Websters Dictionary