Husk Tomato — synonyms, definition

1. husk tomato (Noun)

Mexican husk tomato ground cherry tomatillo

husk tomato (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.

husk tomato (Noun) — Small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk.

herb herbaceous plant solanaceous vegetable 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 jamberry miltomate purple ground cherry strawberry tomato tomatillo winter cherry yellow henbane Mexican husk tomato Physalis Physalis ixocarpa genus Physalis jamberry tomatillo