different between acidity vs physalis

English

Etymology

From French acidité, from Latin acidit?tem, accusative singular of acidit?s (“sourness, acidity”), from acidus (“sour, acid”). See acid.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??s?d?ti/

Noun

acidity (countable and uncountable, plural acidities)

1. The quality or state of being acid.
2. Sourness; tartness; sharpness to the taste.

3. (pathology) Excessive acid quality, as in gastric secretions.
4. (figuratively) A caustic, sour, biting, or bitter quality.

Antonyms

• alkalinity

Translations

Anagrams

• adicity

English

Etymology

From New Latin Physalis, coined by Linnaeus from Ancient Greek ???????? (phusallís, “bladder, wind instrument”), from ?????? (phusió?, “to puff up, blow up”), ???? (phus?).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?s?l?s/, /?fa?s?l?s/, /fa??se?l?s/

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

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• Hayslips

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (phusallís, “bladder”), from ?????? (phusió?, “to puff up, blow up”), ???? (phus?).

Noun

ph?salis f (genitive ph?salis); third declension

1. (New Latin) bladder

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Usage notes

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