noun
Meaning 1
physalis; tomatillo
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
husk tomato
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noun
Meaning 2
small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tomatillo, Mexican husk tomato
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: solanaceous vegetable
noun
Meaning 3
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ground cherry
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: herb, herbaceous plant
Narrower terms: downy ground cherry, strawberry tomato, Physalis pubescens, Chinese lantern plant, winter cherry, bladder cherry, Physalis alkekengi, cape gooseberry, purple ground cherry, Physalis peruviana, dwarf cape gooseberry, Physalis pruinosa, tomatillo, jamberry, Mexican husk tomato, Physalis ixocarpa, miltomate, Physalis philadelphica, yellow henbane, Physalis viscosa
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