husk_tomato (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 2 senses of the expression *husk tomato*:
NOUN	plant	husk tomato, ground cherry	any of numerous cosmopolitan annual or perennial herbs of the genus Physalis bearing edible fleshy berries enclosed in a bladderlike husk
food	husk tomato, tomatillo, Mexican husk tomato	small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk

English > *husk tomato*: 2 senses > noun 1, plant
Meaning	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.
Synonym	ground cherry
Member of	Physalis, genus Physalis	ground cherries
Narrower	Chinese lantern plant, winter cherry, bladder cherry, Physalis alkekengi	Old World perennial cultivated for its ornamental inflated papery orange-red calyx
	cape gooseberry, purple ground cherry, Physalis peruviana	Annual of tropical South America having edible purple fruits
	downy ground cherry, strawberry tomato, Physalis pubescens	decorative American annual having round fleshy yellow berries enclosed in a bladderlike husk
	strawberry tomato, dwarf cape gooseberry, Physalis pruinosa	stout hairy annual of eastern North America with sweet yellow fruits
	tomatillo, jamberry, Mexican husk tomato, Physalis ixocarpa	Annual of Mexico and southern United States having edible purplish viscid fruit resembling small tomatoes
	tomatillo, miltomate, purple ground cherry, jamberry, Physalis philadelphica	Mexican annual naturalized in eastern North America having yellow to purple edible fruit resembling small tomatoes
	yellow henbane, Physalis viscosa	Found on sea beaches from Virginia to South America having greenish-yellow flowers and orange or yellow berries
Broader	herb, herbaceous plant	A plant lacking a permanent woody stem
Spanish	alquequenje

English > *husk tomato*: 2 senses > noun 2, food
Meaning	small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk.
Synonyms	tomatillo, Mexican husk tomato
Part of	tomatillo, jamberry, Mexican husk tomato, Physalis ixocarpa	Annual of Mexico and southern United States having edible purplish viscid fruit resembling small tomatoes
Broader	solanaceous vegetable	Any of several fruits of plants of the family Solanaceae

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