husk tomato Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun 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
    ground cherry.
  2. noun small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk
    Mexican husk tomato; tomatillo.

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