noun
any of numerous cosmopolitan annual or perennial herbs of the genus Physalis bearing edible fleshy berries enclosed in a bladderlike husk; some cultivated for their flowers
• Syn: ↑husk tomato
• Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant
• Hyponyms:
↑downy ground cherry, ↑strawberry tomato, ↑Physalis pubescens, ↑Chinese lantern plant, ↑winter cherry, ↑bladder cherry, ↑Physalis alkekengi, ↑cape gooseberry, ↑purple ground cherry, ↑Physalis peruviana, ↑dwarf cape gooseberry, ↑Physalis pruinosa, ↑tomatillo, ↑jamberry, ↑Mexican husk tomato, ↑Physalis ixocarpa, ↑miltomate, ↑Physalis philadelphica, ↑yellow henbane, ↑Physalis viscosa
• Member Holonyms: ↑Physalis, ↑genus Physalis
Useful english dictionary. 2012.