any of numerous cosmopolitan annual or perennial herbs of the genus Physalis bearing edible fleshy berries enclosed in a bladderlike husk; some cultivated for their flowers
small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk
mildly acid red or yellow pulpy fruit eaten as a vegetable
native to South America; widely cultivated in many varieties
material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
