1. (noun) tomatillo, miltomate, purple ground cherry, jamberry, Physalis philadelphica
Mexican annual naturalized in eastern North America having yellow to purple edible fruit resembling small tomatoes
Synonyms: cape gooseberry, purple ground cherry, husk tomato, jamberry, miltomate, tomatillo
2. (noun) tomatillo, jamberry, Mexican husk tomato, Physalis ixocarpa
annual of Mexico and southern United States having edible purplish viscid fruit resembling small tomatoes
Synonyms: purple ground cherry, husk tomato, jamberry, miltomate, tomatillo
3. (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
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