WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

husk tomato
    n 1: 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
         [syn: ground cherry, husk tomato]
    2: small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a
       bladderlike husk [syn: tomatillo, husk tomato, Mexican
       husk tomato]