husk tomato
n 1: 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
[syn: {ground cherry}, {husk tomato}]
2: small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a
bladderlike husk [syn: {tomatillo}, {husk tomato}, {Mexican
husk tomato}]