'purple ground cherry' definitions:
Definition of 'purple ground cherry'
(from WordNet)
noun
Mexican annual naturalized in eastern North America having yellow to purple edible fruit resembling small tomatoes [syn: tomatillo, miltomate, purple ground cherry, jamberry, Physalis philadelphica]
noun
Annual of tropical South America having edible purple fruits [syn: cape gooseberry, purple ground cherry, Physalis peruviana]