physalis

See also: Physalis

English

Physalis fruit (goldenberry, Physalis peruviana)

Etymology

From New Latin Physalis, coined by Linnaeus from Ancient Greek φυσαλλίς (phusallís, “bladder, wind instrument”), from φυσιόω (phusióō, “to puff up, blow up”), φυσώ (phusṓ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪsəlɪs/, /ˈfaɪsəlɪs/, /faɪˈseɪlɪs/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

physalis (plural physalises)

1. Any plant of the genus Physalis.
2. The fruit of such a plant, typically firm in texture with a mild, refreshing acidity.

   Hyponyms: cape gooseberry, goldenberry, tomatillo

Translations

plant of the genus Physalis

• Armenian: հարսնախոտ (hy) (harsnaxot)
• Catalan: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: physalis
• Finnish: lyhtykoiso (fi)
• German: Blasenkirsche f, Judenkirsche f, Physalis f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Persian: عروسک پشت پرده (arusak-e pošt-e parde), فیسالیس (fisâlis), کاکنج (fa) (kâkanaj, kâkonaj, kâkenaj)
• Polish: miechunka f
• Portuguese: fisális f
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: uchuva (es) f (Physalis peruviana)

fruit of such a plant

• Finnish: lyhtykoison marja
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Kapstachelbeere (de) f (Physalis peruviana), Physalis f
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• physalis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• physalis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φυσαλλίς (phusallís, “bladder”), from φυσιόω (phusióō, “to puff up, blow up”), φυσώ (phusṓ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰyː.sa.lis/, [ˈpʰyːs̠älʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.sa.lis/, [ˈfiːs̬älis]

Noun

phȳsalis f (genitive phȳsalis); third declension

1. (New Latin) bladder

Usage notes

• Used almost exclusively as a taxonomic epithet and thus not normally in inflected forms.

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	phȳsalis	phȳsalēs
Genitive	phȳsalis	phȳsalium
Dative	phȳsalī	phȳsalibus
Accusative	phȳsalem	phȳsalēs phȳsalīs
Ablative	phȳsale	phȳsalibus
Vocative	phȳsalis	phȳsalēs