noun
- Mexican annual naturalized in eastern North America having yellow to purple edible fruit resembling small tomatoes.
- synonyms: tomatillo, miltomate, jamberry, Physalis philadelphica
- Annual of tropical South America having edible purple fruits.
- synonyms: cape gooseberry, Physalis peruviana
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