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alkekengi

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[al-kuh-ken-jee] / ˌæl kəˈkɛn dʒi /

noun

  1. the winter cherry plant or fruit.


Etymology

Origin of alkekengi

1400–50; late Middle English < Medieval Latin < Arabic al the + kākanj ground cherry < Persian

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