noun
Usage: usually capitalized C
Etymology: from Cape of Good Hope; from its extensive cultivation in So. Africa
: any of several groundcherries (especially Physalis peruviana ) bearing edible acid berries
noun
Usage: usually capitalized C
Etymology: from Cape of Good Hope; from its extensive cultivation in So. Africa
: any of several groundcherries (especially Physalis peruviana ) bearing edible acid berries
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012