noun
- 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
- Small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk.
- synonyms: tomatillo, Mexican husk tomato
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