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JERUSALEM CHERRY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small South American shrub cultivated as a houseplant for its abundant ornamental but poisonous red or yellow cherry-sized fruit
Synonyms:
Jerusalem cherry; Madeira winter cherry; Solanum pseudocapsicum; winter cherry
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Jerusalem cherry" is a kind of...):
nightshade (any of numerous shrubs or herbs or vines of the genus Solanum; most are poisonous though many bear edible fruit)
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