jerusalem cherry

Je·ru·sa·lem cher·ry

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- US Pronunciation
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- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [ji-roo-suh-luh m, -zuh- cher-ee]
- /dʒɪˈru sə ləm, -zə- ˈtʃɛr i/
- /ʤəˈruːsjʊləm ˈtʃer.i/

Definitions of jerusalem cherry words

noun jerusalem cherry an Old World plant, Solanum pseudocapsicum, of the nightshade family, having white flowers and bearing cherrylike scarlet or yellow fruits, cultivated as an ornamental. 1
noun jerusalem cherry a small South American solanaceous shrub, Solanum pseudo-capsicum, cultivated as a house plant for its white flowers and inedible reddish cherry-like fruit 0
noun jerusalem cherry either of two bushy plants (Solanum pseudo-capsicum or S. capsicastrum) of the nightshade family, with small, star-shaped, white flowers and orange to red berries, grown widely as ornamentals 0
noun jerusalem cherry Solanum pseudocapsicum, a nightshade species with poisonous fruit. 0

before 1780

One of the 45% newest English words

An Americanism dating back to 1780-90

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