Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ground_cherry

1 sense of ground cherry

Sense 1
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)
       => herb, herbaceous plant -- (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)