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tomatillo
miltomate
purple ground cherry
jamberry
Physalis philadelphica
Definition: Mexican annual naturalized in eastern North America having yellow to purple edible fruit resembling small tomatoes
tomatillo
jamberry
Mexican husk tomato
Physalis ixocarpa
Definition: annual of Mexico and southern United States having edible purplish viscid fruit resembling small tomatoes
tomatillo
husk tomato
Mexican husk tomato
Definition: small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk
Definition: A plant of the nightshade family originating in Mexico, Physalis philadelphica, cultivated for its tomato-like green to green-purple fruit surrounded by a thin papery skin.