1. Mexican annual naturalized in eastern North America having yellow to purple edible fruit resembling small tomatoes; SYN. miltomate, purple ground cherry, jamberry, Physalis philadelphica.
2. Annual of Mexico and southern United States having edible purplish viscid fruit resembling small tomatoes; SYN. jamberry, Mexican husk tomato, Physalis ixocarpa.
3. Small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk; SYN. husk tomato, Mexican husk tomato.