ground cherry

Noun

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

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

husk tomato cape gooseberry bladder cherry physalis Chinese lantern aztec berry poha berry peruvian ground cherry sunberry winter cherry peruvian cherry tomatillo Mexican husk tomato ground tomato cossack pineapple

Show all synonyms

Hypernyms

herb herbaceous plant

Hyponyms

cape gooseberry bladder cherry jamberry winter cherry tomatillo purple ground cherry

Close letter words and terms

ground cable ground call sign ground cedar ground clearance ground clearing ground cloth