HyperDic: cape_gooseberry

English > 1 sense of the expression cape gooseberry:
NOUNplantcape gooseberry, purple ground cherry, Physalis peruvianaannual of tropical South America having edible purple fruits
English > cape gooseberry: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningAnnual of tropical South America having edible purple fruits.
Synonymspurple ground cherry, Physalis peruviana
Member ofPhysalis, genus Physalisground cherries
Broaderground cherry, husk tomatoAny of numerous cosmopolitan annual or perennial herbs of the genus Physalis bearing edible fleshy berries enclosed in a bladderlike husk
Spanishaguaymanto, uchuva
Catalanphysalis peruviana

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