Jerusalem cherry

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noun

an Old World plant, Solanum pseudocapsicum, of the nightshade family, having white flowers and bearing cherrylike scarlet or yellow fruits, cultivated as an ornamental.

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Origin of Jerusalem cherry

An Americanism dating back to 1780–90

Words nearby Jerusalem cherry

Jerseyman, Jersey pine, Jerubbaal, Jerusalem, Jerusalem artichoke, Jerusalem cherry, Jerusalem cricket, Jerusalem cross, Jerusalem oak, Jerusalem syndrome, Jerusalem thorn

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How to use Jerusalem cherry in a sentence

No more allowing people to justify their bigotry by spouting a cherry-picked Bible verse.
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Brazen cherry-picking of the information in this story inspired a flood of “Bush Was Right All Along!”
Political Memes That Absolutely Must Die in 2015|Asawin Suebsaeng|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
It was a massive hit, and the safety-pin dress a brilliant cartoonish cherry on top of it.
Happy 20th Birthday, Liz Hurley’s Safety-Pin Dress|Tim Teeman|December 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He has just emerged from one of the many homes that sit on top of a small hill in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Abu Tur.
In Jerusalem Home Demolitions, the Biblical Justice of Revenge|Creede Newton|November 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST

About 300,000 Palestinians live in East Jerusalem, and their relationship to the state is an almost perfect dance of denial.
After the Israel Synagogue Massacre: A New Intifada?|Michael Tomasky|November 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Cherry-tree stems, under the name of agriots, constitute a specialty of Austrian manufacture.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
Others again will be found of a fine red, having something of a most lovely light cherry tint.
Violins and Violin Makers|Joseph Pearce
There was then a great deal of old timber about the place and a long avenue of oaks, besides three large cherry orchards.
Birds of Guernsey (1879)|Cecil Smith
It was all cherry satin and white lace, the furniture lilliputian, to match the proportions of the room and the lady.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
I want Mis' Calvert to taste it, an' when she does she'll say she never knew before what cherry pie could be!
Dorothy at Skyrie|Evelyn Raymond

British Dictionary definitions for Jerusalem cherry

Jerusalem cherry

noun

a small South American solanaceous shrub, Solanum pseudo-capsicum, cultivated as a house plant for its white flowers and inedible reddish cherry-like fruit

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