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Definition of Cape gooseberry

1. Noun. Annual of tropical South America having edible purple fruits.

Definition of Cape gooseberry

1. Noun. A tropical South American plant, ''Physalis peruviana'', with a bright yellow, edible fruit ¹

2. Noun. The fruit of this plant ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cape Gooseberry

Literary usage of Cape gooseberry

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

1. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany by William Jackson Hooker (1856)
"branches, and then their taste resembles in some degree the so-called Cape Gooseberry (Physalis Peruviana), to which they are also similar in size. ..."

2. The Principles of Vegetable-gardening by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1901)
"The cape gooseberry is a species that rarely ripens a full crop in the northern states, but the Dwarf cape gooseberry produces freely as far north as ..."

3. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"cape gooseberry. Fig. 2935. As compared with P. pubescens, ... (Fruits S. Wales, at which latter place it is known by the name of cape gooseberry, ..."

4. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1901)
"cape gooseberry. Fig. 1776. As compared with P. pubescens, this is a much stronger grower, the plant standing partially erect and attaining a height of ..."

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