Noun husk tomato has 2 senses
  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
    --1 is a kind of herb, herbaceous plant
    --1 is a member of Physalis, genus Physalis
    --1 has particulars:
     downy ground cherry, strawberry tomato, Physalis pubescens; Chinese lantern plant, winter cherry, bladder cherry, Physalis alkekengi; cape gooseberry, purple ground cherry, Physalis peruviana; strawberry tomato, dwarf cape gooseberry, Physalis pruinosa; tomatillo, jamberry, Mexican husk tomato, Physalis ixocarpa; tomatillo, miltomate, purple ground cherry, jamberry, Physalis philadelphica; yellow henbane, Physalis viscosa
  2. tomatillo, husk tomato, Mexican husk tomato - small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk
    --2 is a kind of solanaceous vegetable
    --2 is a part of tomatillo, jamberry, Mexican husk tomato, Physalis ixocarpa
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