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Definition of Genus Physalis
1. Noun. Ground cherries.
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Solanaceae, Potato Family, Solanaceae
Member holonyms: Ground Cherry, Husk Tomato, Cape Gooseberry, Physalis Peruviana, Purple Ground Cherry
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Physalis
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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