husk tomato

See ground cherry.

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ground′ cher`ry

1. any plant belonging to the genus Physalis, of the nightshade family, bearing an edible berry enclosed in an enlarged calyx.

2. the fruit of these plants.

Also called husk tomato.

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Noun	1.	husk tomato - 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 ground cherry herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests genus Physalis, Physalis - ground cherries downy ground cherry, Physalis pubescens, strawberry tomato - decorative American annual having round fleshy yellow berries enclosed in a bladderlike husk bladder cherry, Chinese lantern plant, Physalis alkekengi, winter cherry - Old World perennial cultivated for its ornamental inflated papery orange-red calyx cape gooseberry, Physalis peruviana, purple ground cherry - annual of tropical South America having edible purple fruits dwarf cape gooseberry, Physalis pruinosa, strawberry tomato - stout hairy annual of eastern North America with sweet yellow fruits Mexican husk tomato, Physalis ixocarpa, tomatillo, jamberry - annual of Mexico and southern United States having edible purplish viscid fruit resembling small tomatoes jamberry, miltomate, Physalis philadelphica, purple ground cherry, tomatillo - Mexican annual naturalized in eastern North America having yellow to purple edible fruit resembling small tomatoes Physalis viscosa, yellow henbane - found on sea beaches from Virginia to South America having greenish-yellow flowers and orange or yellow berries
	2.	husk tomato - small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk Mexican husk tomato, tomatillo solanaceous vegetable - any of several fruits of plants of the family Solanaceae; especially of the genera Solanum, Capsicum, and Lycopersicon Mexican husk tomato, Physalis ixocarpa, tomatillo, jamberry - annual of Mexico and southern United States having edible purplish viscid fruit resembling small tomatoes

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Green tomato, tomatillo or husk tomato (Physalis ixocarpa Brot.

Four husk tomato varieties, Tecozautla, Rendidora, Diamante and San Martin were germinated in 200-well polystyrene trays filled with 80% Sphagnum peat moss and 20% Agrolite.

Yield analysis of Physalis ixocarpa Brot. ex Hornem varieties under greenhouse and field conditions/Analise de rendimento das variedades Physalis ixocarpa Brot. ex Hornem sob condicoes de estufa e de campo

(2009b) with husk tomato (Physalis ixocarpa Brot.) in Mexico; Ghaemi et al.

Tomato water stress index as a function of irrigation depths/Indice de estresse hidrico de tomateiro em funcao de laminas de irrigacao

Ginnie Grilley, a volunteer Master Food Preserver with the OSU Extension Service, was in charge of showing the crowd how to make salsa with tomatillos, also known as the Mexican husk tomato.

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There are many species of husk tomato, genus Physalis, mostly native to the Americas, not cultivated and tending to be weeds with undistinguished edible fruits.

philadelphica), is the other major cultivated husk tomato. The Latin name refers to the sticky quality of the fruit.

Edible nightshades: try a few-not-so-well-known varieties of the Nightshade family

Husk tomato fruit belongs to the Solanaceae family.

Quality of Physalis (Physalis pubescens L.) juice packaged in glass bottles and flexible laminated packs during storage at 5[degrees]C

If the ground cherry (Physalis pubescens) is misunderstood, blame it partly on the variety of names it's known by - husk tomato, downy winter cherry, Poha berry, strawberry tomato, tomatillo and jamberry.

Ground cherries, husk tomatoes, or jamberries ... call them what you want, but call them delicious

However, there are indications that domestication occurred in Mexico (BAI & LINDHOUT, 2007), some people mentioned Puebla and Veracruz as specific placesdue to the largest number of varieties; although, the variety used in pre-Hispanic cooking was the green tomato or husk tomato (LONG, 2013).

Origin and evolution of tomato production Lycopersicon esculentum in Mexico/Origem e evolucao da producao de tomate Lycopersicon esculentum no Mexico

Like tomatoes, tomatillos (also known as jamberries, husk tomatoes, and Mexican green tomatoes) are botanically a fruit, yet we consider them a vegetable in the culinary and nutrition sense.

Unwrap a tomatillo