alkekengi
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of alkekengi
1400–50; late Middle English < Medieval Latin < Arabic al the + kākanj ground cherry < Persian
Example Sentences
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Alkekengi from South Europe has long been known in gardens for its bright orange-red globular calyxes.
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Stem about four feet high, erect and branching; leaves oval, somewhat triangular, soft and velvety; flowers yellow, spotted with deep purple; fruit yellow, of the size of the Common Yellow Alkekengi, enclosed in an angular, inflated calyx, and scarcely distinguishable from the last named.
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P. Alkekengi grows to the height of about two feet.
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It is larger than that of the old Winter Cherry, P. Alkekengi.
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