Noun: strawberry tomato
- Stout hairy annual of eastern North America with sweet yellow fruits
"Strawberry tomato plants volunteered in the vegetable garden";
- dwarf cape gooseberry, Physalis pruinosa
- Decorative American annual having round fleshy yellow berries enclosed in a bladderlike husk
"Strawberry tomato plants self-seeded throughout the garden";
- downy ground cherry, Physalis pubescens
Derived forms: strawberry tomatoes
Type of: ground cherry, husk tomato
Encyclopedia: Strawberry tomato