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ground-cherry
(gro̵und′c̸her′ē)
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noun
any of a genus (Physalis) of plants of the nightshade family having small tomatolike fruits completely enclosed by a papery calyx
See ground-cherry in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Any of various chiefly New World plants of the genus Physalis, having small, globose, fleshy fruit enclosed in a papery, bladderlike, persistent calyx. Also called husk tomato.
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