ground cherry
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(noun) 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 |
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Synonyms: husk tomato |
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Related Words: Chinese lantern plant, Mexican husk tomato, Physalis alkekengi, Physalis ixocarpa, Physalis peruviana, Physalis philadelphica, Physalis pruinosa, Physalis pubescens, Physalis viscosa, bladder cherry, cape gooseberry, downy ground cherry, dwarf cape gooseberry, herb, herbaceous plant, jamberry, miltomate, purple ground cherry, strawberry tomato, tomatillo, winter cherry, yellow henbane |
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