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alkeken·gi
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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
ALKEKENGInoun
A medicinal fruit or berry, produced by a plant of the same denomination; popularly also called winter-cherry; of considerable use as an astringent, dissolvent, and diuretick. The plant bears a near resemblance to Solanum, or Nightshade; whence it is frequently called in Latin by that name, with the addition or epithet of vesicarium. Ephraim Chambers
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Alkekengi
Alkekengi officinarum, the bladder cherry, Chinese lantern, Japanese-lantern, strawberry groundcherry, or winter cherry, is a species of flowering plant in the nightshade family Solanaceae. It is a close relative of the new world Calliphysalis carpenteri (Carpenter's groundcherry) and a somewhat more distant relative to the members of the Physalis genus. This species is native to the regions covering Southern Europe to South Asia and Northeast Asia.
Webster Dictionary
Alkekenginoun
an herbaceous plant of the nightshade family (Physalis alkekengi) and its fruit, which is a well flavored berry, the size of a cherry, loosely inclosed in a enlarged leafy calyx; -- also called winter cherry, ground cherry, and strawberry tomato
Etymology: [Cf. F. alkkenge, Sp. alquequenje, ultimately fr. Ar. al-kkanj a kind of resin from Herat.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of alkekengi in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of alkekengi in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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