JERUSALEM CHERRY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Jerusalem cherry mean? 

• JERUSALEM CHERRY (noun)
  The noun JERUSALEM CHERRY has 1 sense:

1. small South American shrub cultivated as a houseplant for its abundant ornamental but poisonous red or yellow cherry-sized fruit

  Familiarity information: JERUSALEM CHERRY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JERUSALEM CHERRY (noun)

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Meaning:

Small South American shrub cultivated as a houseplant for its abundant ornamental but poisonous red or yellow cherry-sized fruit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Jerusalem cherry; Madeira winter cherry; Solanum pseudocapsicum; winter cherry

Hypernyms ("Jerusalem cherry" is a kind of...):

nightshade (any of numerous shrubs or herbs or vines of the genus Solanum; most are poisonous though many bear edible fruit)