NOUN | plant | purple ground cherry, tomatillo, miltomate, jamberry, Physalis philadelphica | Mexican annual naturalized in eastern North America having yellow to purple edible fruit resembling small tomatoes |
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plant | purple ground cherry, cape gooseberry, Physalis peruviana | annual of tropical South America having edible purple fruits |
Meaning | Mexican annual naturalized in eastern North America having yellow to purple edible fruit resembling small tomatoes. | |
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Synonyms | tomatillo, miltomate, jamberry, Physalis philadelphica | |
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 |
Spanish | miltomate, physalis ixocarpa, Physalis philadelphica | |
Catalan | miltomate |
Meaning | Annual of tropical South America having edible purple fruits. | |
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Synonyms | cape gooseberry, Physalis peruviana | |
Member of | Physalis, genus Physalis | ground cherries |
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 |
Spanish | aguaymanto, uchuva | |
Catalan | physalis peruviana |
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