PHYSALIS PHILADELPHICA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Physalis philadelphica mean? 

• PHYSALIS PHILADELPHICA (noun)
  The noun PHYSALIS PHILADELPHICA has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: PHYSALIS PHILADELPHICA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHYSALIS PHILADELPHICA (noun)

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Meaning:

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

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Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

jamberry; miltomate; Physalis philadelphica; purple ground cherry; tomatillo

Hypernyms ("Physalis philadelphica" is a kind of...):

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)