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alkekengi
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alkekengi, n. [Cf. F. alkékenge, Sp. alquequenje, ultimately fr. Ar. al-kākanj a kind of resin from Herat.].
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 . D. C. Eaton. [1913 Webster]
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