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

2 senses of husk tomato

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)

Sense 2
tomatillo, husk tomato, Mexican husk tomato -- (small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk)
       => solanaceous vegetable -- (any of several fruits of plants of the family Solanaceae; especially of the genera Solanum, Capsicum, and Lycopersicon)