noun
1. annual of tropical South America having edible purple fruits
• Syn: ↑cape gooseberry, ↑Physalis peruviana
• Hypernyms: ↑ground cherry, ↑husk tomato
• Member Holonyms: ↑Physalis, ↑genus Physalis
2. Mexican annual naturalized in eastern North America having yellow to purple edible fruit resembling small tomatoes
• Syn: ↑tomatillo, ↑miltomate, ↑jamberry, ↑Physalis philadelphica
• Hypernyms: ↑ground cherry, ↑husk tomato
Useful english dictionary. 2012.