husk tomato

/həsk təˌmeɪdoʊ/

Other forms: husk tomatoes

Definitions of husk tomato

1. 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
   synonyms: ground cherry

   types:

   Physalis pubescens, downy ground cherry, strawberry tomato

   decorative American annual having round fleshy yellow berries enclosed in a bladderlike husk

   Chinese lantern plant, Physalis alkekengi, bladder cherry, winter cherry

   Old World perennial cultivated for its ornamental inflated papery orange-red calyx

   Physalis peruviana, cape gooseberry, purple ground cherry

   annual of tropical South America having edible purple fruits

   Physalis pruinosa, dwarf cape gooseberry, strawberry tomato

   stout hairy annual of eastern North America with sweet yellow fruits

   Mexican husk tomato, Physalis ixocarpa, jamberry, tomatillo

   annual of Mexico and southern United States having edible purplish viscid fruit resembling small tomatoes

   Physalis philadelphica, jamberry, miltomate, purple ground cherry, tomatillo

   Mexican annual naturalized in eastern North America having yellow to purple edible fruit resembling small tomatoes

   Physalis viscosa, yellow henbane

   found on sea beaches from Virginia to South America having greenish-yellow flowers and orange or yellow berries

   type of:

   herb, herbaceous plant

   a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
2. noun

   small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk
   synonyms: Mexican husk tomato, tomatillo

   type of:

   solanaceous vegetable

   any of several fruits of plants of the family Solanaceae; especially of the genera Solanum, Capsicum, and Lycopersicon