Meaning

1 senses

  1. Physalis; tomatillo

More definitions
  • small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk
  • 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

Forms

plural: husk tomatoes
Singularhusk tomato
Pluralhusk tomatoes

irregular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk:tomatilloMexican husk tomato
  • 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:ground cherry

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
hushB2huskhuskyhussarhustle
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