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English noun: ground cherry

1. ground cherry (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


Synonymshusk tomato


Broader (hypernym)herb, herbaceous plant


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


Member meronymgenus Physalis, Physalis









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