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Noun husk tomato has 2 senses
- ground cherry, 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
--1 is a kind of herb, herbaceous plant
--1 is a member of Physalis, genus Physalis
--1 has particulars: | downy ground cherry, strawberry tomato, Physalis pubescens; Chinese lantern plant, winter cherry, bladder cherry, Physalis alkekengi; cape gooseberry, purple ground cherry, Physalis peruviana; strawberry tomato, dwarf cape gooseberry, Physalis pruinosa; tomatillo, jamberry, Mexican husk tomato, Physalis ixocarpa; tomatillo, miltomate, purple ground cherry, jamberry, Physalis philadelphica; yellow henbane, Physalis viscosa |
- tomatillo, husk tomato, Mexican husk tomato - small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk
--2 is a kind of solanaceous vegetable
--2 is a part of tomatillo, jamberry, Mexican husk tomato, Physalis ixocarpa
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