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ground cherry
noun
- Also called husk tomato. any of several plants belonging to the genus Physalis, of the nightshade family, the several species bearing an edible berry enclosed in an enlarged calyx.
- any of several European dwarf cherries, especially Prunus fruticosa, of the rose family.
- the fruit of any of these plants.
ground cherry
noun
- See gooseberry, winter cherryany of various American solanaceous plants of the genus Physalis, esp P. pubescens, having round fleshy fruit enclosed in a bladder-like husk See also winter cherry gooseberry
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ground cherry1
First recorded in 1595–1605
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Example Sentences
The Physalis, Husk tomato or Ground cherry is quite distinct, botanically.
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The physalis is also known as the ground-cherry or husk-tomato.
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There were some ground-cherry bushes growing along the furrows, full of fruit.
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This Ground Cherry has beautiful purple flowers, each with a white-rayed, woolly star in the center of the corolla.
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