| NOUN | plant | Physalis ixocarpa, tomatillo, jamberry, Mexican husk tomato | annual of Mexico and southern United States having edible purplish viscid fruit resembling small tomatoes |
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| Meaning | Annual of Mexico and southern United States having edible purplish viscid fruit resembling small tomatoes. | |
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| Synonyms | tomatillo, jamberry, Mexican husk tomato | |
| Parts | tomatillo, husk tomato, Mexican husk tomato | small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk |
| Broader | ground cherry, husk tomato | Any of numerous cosmopolitan annual or perennial herbs of the genus Physalis bearing edible fleshy berries enclosed in a bladderlike husk |
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