husk tomato

1. 1.

   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

   Synonymsground cherry

   Broaderherb

   Narrowerdowny ground cherryChinese lantern plantcape gooseberrystrawberry tomatotomatilloyellow henbane

   Part ofPhysalis
2. 2.

   small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk

   SynonymstomatilloMexican husk tomato

   Broadersolanaceous vegetable

   Part oftomatillo

Questions about husk tomato

What does husk tomato mean?

husk tomato means "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". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for husk tomato?

Close synonyms include ground cherry, tomatillo, Mexican husk tomato. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is husk tomato a common word?

husk tomato is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.