physalis philadelphica

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   Mexican annual naturalized in eastern North America having yellow to purple edible fruit resembling small tomatoes

   Synonymstomatillomiltomatepurple ground cherryjamberry

   Broaderground cherry

Questions about physalis philadelphica

What does physalis philadelphica mean?

physalis philadelphica means "Mexican annual naturalized in eastern North America having yellow to purple edible fruit resembling small tomatoes".

What is another word for physalis philadelphica?

Close synonyms include tomatillo, miltomate, purple ground cherry, jamberry. 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 physalis philadelphica a common word?

physalis philadelphica is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.