alquequenje . ( Del ár. Hisp. alkakáng , East of the ar. clás. ( Kakanj, and this of the Persian kaknag ). 1. m. plant of the family Solanaceae, growing to 60 cm tall, steep and fruticoso, oval, pointed leaves, flowers grouped of greenish white colour, and fruit incarnate of the size of a pea, enveloped in the calyx, which swells to forming a membranous bladder. 2. m. fruit of this plant, which was used as a diuretic.