physalis noun. ['fʌɪsǝlɪs, 'fɪs-, fʌɪ'seɪlɪs] E19.
[mod. Latin (see below), from Greek phusallis bladder.]
Any of the various chiefly American plants constituting the genus Physalis, of the nightshade family, with a calyx which becomes inflated in the fruit and freq. with edible berries; esp. the Cape gooseberry, P. peruviana, and the alkekengi, P. alkekengi.

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