Noun: ground cherry grawnd che-ree
- 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
"Children enjoyed peeling back the papery husks of ground cherries to reveal the fruit inside";
- husk tomato
Derived forms: ground cherries
Type of: herb, herbaceous plant
Part of: genus Physalis, Physalis
Encyclopedia: Ground cherry