Physalis pruinosa

Definitions of Physalis pruinosa
  1. noun
    stout hairy annual of eastern North America with sweet yellow fruits
    synonyms: dwarf cape gooseberry, strawberry tomato
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    type of:
    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; some cultivated for their flowers
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