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Noun: cape gooseberry
  1. Annual of tropical South America having edible purple fruits
    "Cape gooseberry jam was a local speciality";
    - purple ground cherry, Physalis peruviana

Derived forms: cape gooseberries

Type of: ground cherry, husk tomato

Part of: genus Physalis, Physalis

Encyclopedia: Cape gooseberry