English > ground cherry: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | 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. |
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| Synonym | husk tomato |
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| Member of | Physalis, genus Physalis | ground cherries |
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| Narrower | Chinese lantern plant, winter cherry, bladder cherry, Physalis alkekengi | Old World perennial cultivated for its ornamental inflated papery orange-red calyx |
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| cape gooseberry, purple ground cherry, Physalis peruviana | Annual of tropical South America having edible purple fruits |
| downy ground cherry, strawberry tomato, Physalis pubescens | decorative American annual having round fleshy yellow berries enclosed in a bladderlike husk |
| strawberry tomato, dwarf cape gooseberry, Physalis pruinosa | stout hairy annual of eastern North America with sweet yellow fruits |
| tomatillo, jamberry, Mexican husk tomato, Physalis ixocarpa | Annual of Mexico and southern United States having edible purplish viscid fruit resembling small tomatoes |
| tomatillo, miltomate, purple ground cherry, jamberry, Physalis philadelphica | Mexican annual naturalized in eastern North America having yellow to purple edible fruit resembling small tomatoes |
| yellow henbane, Physalis viscosa | Found on sea beaches from Virginia to South America having greenish-yellow flowers and orange or yellow berries |
| Broader | herb, herbaceous plant | A plant lacking a permanent woody stem |
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| Spanish | alquequenje |
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