Jerusalem cherry Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun small South American shrub cultivated as a houseplant for its abundant ornamental but poisonous red or yellow cherry-sized fruit
Solanum pseudocapsicum; Madeira winter cherry; winter cherry.
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(Bot.) , the popular name of either of either of two species ofSolanum (S. Pseudo-capsicum andS. capsicastrum ), cultivated as ornamental house plants. They bear bright red berries of about the size of cherries.