husk-tomato

Nouns

  • (n) 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 ground cherry,
  • (n) small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk Mexican husk tomato, tomatillo,

Synonyms

ground cherry Mexican husk tomato tomatillo

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