purple ground cherry
n 1: Mexican annual naturalized in eastern North America having
yellow to purple edible fruit resembling small tomatoes
[syn: {tomatillo}, {miltomate}, {purple ground cherry},
{jamberry}, {Physalis philadelphica}]
2: annual of tropical South America having edible purple fruits
[syn: {cape gooseberry}, {purple ground cherry}, {Physalis
peruviana}]