Source : WordNet®

husk tomato
     n 1: 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 [syn: {ground cherry}]
     2: small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in
        a bladderlike husk [syn: {tomatillo}, {Mexican husk tomato}]