English noun: husk tomato |
| 1. | husk tomato (plant) 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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| Synonyms | ground cherry |
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| Broader (hypernym) | herb, herbaceous plant |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | bladder cherry, cape gooseberry, Chinese lantern plant, downy ground cherry, dwarf cape gooseberry, jamberry, jamberry, Mexican husk tomato, miltomate, Physalis alkekengi, Physalis ixocarpa, Physalis peruviana, Physalis philadelphica, Physalis pruinosa, Physalis pubescens, Physalis viscosa, purple ground cherry, purple ground cherry, strawberry tomato, strawberry tomato, tomatillo, tomatillo, winter cherry, yellow henbane |
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| Member meronym | genus Physalis, Physalis |
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| 2. | husk tomato (food) small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk |
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| Synonyms | Mexican husk tomato, tomatillo |
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| Broader (hypernym) | solanaceous vegetable |
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| Part meronym | jamberry, Mexican husk tomato, Physalis ixocarpa, tomatillo |
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