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Chinese-lantern plant [chī′nēz lant′ərn]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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Chinese-lantern plant
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