Chinese-lantern plant

Chinese-lantern plant
Chinese-lantern plant [chīnēz lantərn]
n.
a perennial ground-cherry (Physalis alkekengi) grown for winter bouquets because of the bladderlike red calyx that surrounds its small, tomatolike fruit

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