purple_ground_cherry
1. [ noun ] (botany) Mexican annual naturalized in eastern North America having yellow to purple edible fruit resembling small tomatoes
Synonyms: miltomate jamberry Physalis_philadelphica tomatillo
Related terms: ground_cherry
2. [ noun ] (botany) annual of tropical South America having edible purple fruits
Synonyms: Physalis_peruviana cape_gooseberry
Related terms: ground_cherry Physalis
Similar spelling:   purple-hooded_orchis