strawberry tomato

Definition of Strawberry Tomato in English :

stout hairy annual of eastern North America with sweet yellow fruits

decorative American annual having round fleshy yellow berries enclosed in a bladderlike husk

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Strawberry Tomato

noun

1.

a tropical solanaceous annual plant, Physalis peruviana, having bell-shaped whitish-yellow flowers and small edible round yellow berries

2.

a similar and related plant, Physalis pubescens

3.

the fruit of either of these plants, eaten fresh or made into preserves and pickles

a ground-cherry, esp. an E American species (Physalis pruinosa) with a small, edible, yellow fruit

n.

1. Any of several North American ground cherries, especially Physalis pruinosa, having edible yellowish fruit.

2. The fruit of any of these plants.