alkekengi

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A herbaceous plant of the nightshade family (Alkekengi officinarum).
  2. The flavoursome berry of this plant.

Word forms

alkekengi alkekengis

Etymology

Through French alkékenge, Spanish alquequenje, from Arabic كَاكَنْج (kākanj).

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