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Meaning of HUSK TOMATO

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  1. [n]  small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk
  2. [n]  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
 
 Synonyms: ground cherry, Mexican husk tomato, tomatillo
 
 See Also: bladder cherry, cape gooseberry, Chinese lantern plant, downy ground cherry, dwarf cape gooseberry, genus Physalis, herb, herbaceous plant, jamberry, jamberry, Mexican husk tomato, miltomate, Physalis, Physalis alkekengi, Physalis ixocarpa, Physalis ixocarpa, Physalis peruviana, Physalis philadelphica, Physalis pruinosa, Physalis pubescens, Physalis viscosa, purple ground cherry, solanaceous vegetable, strawberry tomato, tomatillo, winter cherry, yellow henbane

 

 

 

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