Source : WordNet®

purple ground cherry
     n 1: Mexican annual naturalized in eastern North America having
          yellow to purple edible fruit resembling small tomatoes
          [syn: {tomatillo}, {miltomate}, {jamberry}, {Physalis
          philadelphica}]
     2: annual of tropical South America having edible purple fruits
        [syn: {cape gooseberry}, {Physalis peruviana}]