| purple ground cherry 
 
 1. annual of tropical South America having edible purple fruits
 • Syn:
 cape gooseberry, Physalis peruviana
 • Hypernyms:
 ground cherry, husk tomato
 • Member Holonyms:
 Physalis, genus Physalis
 2. Mexican annual naturalized in eastern North America having yellow to purple edible fruit resembling small tomatoes
 • Syn:
 tomatillo, miltomate, jamberry, Physalis philadelphica
 • Hypernyms:
 ground cherry, husk tomato
 
 
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