Noun: purple ground cherry
- Annual of tropical South America having edible purple fruits
"purple ground cherry jam was a local speciality";
- cape gooseberry, Physalis peruviana
- Mexican annual naturalized in eastern North America having yellow to purple edible fruit resembling small tomatoes
"Miltomate is also known as husk tomato or purple ground cherry";
- tomatillo, miltomate, jamberry, Physalis philadelphica
Derived forms: purple ground cherries
Type of: ground cherry, husk tomato
Part of: genus Physalis, Physalis