purple ground cherry

Noun purple ground cherry has 2 senses

• purple ground cherry(n = noun.plant) jamberry, miltomate, physalis philadelphica, tomatillo - Mexican annual naturalized in eastern North America having yellow to purple edible fruit resembling small tomatoes;
is a kind of ground cherry, husk tomato

• purple ground cherry(n = noun.plant) cape gooseberry, physalis peruviana - annual of tropical South America having edible purple fruits;
is a member of genus physalis, physalis
is a kind of ground cherry, husk tomato