Cape gooseberry
noun
: any of several ground-cherries (especially Physalis peruviana) bearing edible acid berries
also
: its berry
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There’s room for experimentation, too — those Cape gooseberries wound up in some tasty doughnuts, Schiff said.
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“Cape gooseberry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Cape%20gooseberry. Accessed 13 Nov. 2024.
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