資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Alkekengi \Al`ke*ken"gi\, n. [Cf. F. alk['e]kenge, Sp.
   alquequenje, ultimately fr. Ar. al-k[=a]kanj a kind of resin
   from Herat.] (Bot.)
   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}. --D. C. Eaton.