Definition of Genus Physalis

1. Noun. Ground cherries.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Physalis

genus Phthirius
genus Phthirus
genus Phthorimaea
genus Phyllitis
genus Phyllium
genus Phyllocladus
genus Phyllodoce
genus Phylloporus
genus Phyllorhynchus
genus Phylloscopus
genus Phyllostachys
genus Phyllostomus
genus Phylloxera
genus Physa
genus Physalia
genus Physalis (current term)
genus Physaria
genus Physeter
genus Physostegia
genus Physostigma
genus Phytelephas
genus Phytolacca
genus Phytophthora
genus Pica
genus Picea
genus Pickeringia
genus Picoides
genus Picrasma
genus Picris
genus Picumnus

Literary usage of Genus Physalis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse by Edward Step (1897)
"... genus Physalis PHYSALIS (Greek, a bladder). A genus of about thirty species of annual and perennial hairy herbs, similar to Solanum, but differing in ..."

2. Useful wild plants of the United States and Canada by Charles Francis Saunders (1920)
"... genus Physalis, some, perhaps most, species of which yield fruits that may be eaten. They are distinguished by a ..."

3. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.), Wild Flower Preservation Society of America (1902)
"... has been wonderfully developed in the hands of horticulturists. The ground- cherry or ground-tomato, belongs to the rather large genus Physalis. ..."

4. Luther Burbank: His Methods and Discoveries and Their Practical Application by Luther Burbank, John Whitson, Robert John, Henry Smith Williams, Luther Burbank Society (1914)
"THE INTERESTING GROUND CHERRY The little plant in question belongs to the genus Physalis, and it has numerous close relatives that inhabit various parts of ..."

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