purple ground cherry
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
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