1. (noun)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 Synonyms: husk tomato, tomatillo, ground cherry
2. (noun)tomatillo, husk tomato, Mexican husk tomato small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk Synonyms: tomatillo, purple ground cherry, husk tomato, jamberry, miltomate, ground cherry