noun
1. 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: ↑ground cherry
• 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
2. small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk
• Syn: ↑tomatillo, ↑Mexican husk tomato
• Hypernyms: ↑solanaceous vegetable
• Part Holonyms: ↑tomatillo, ↑jamberry, ↑Mexican husk tomato, ↑Physalis ixocarpa
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husk tomato,
= ground cherry. (Cf. ↑ground cherry)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.