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physalis British & World English

a plant of a genus that includes the Cape gooseberry and Chinese lantern, which has an inflated lantern-like calyx

Physalis in ground cherry British & World English

an American plant of the nightshade family which resembles the Cape gooseberry

Physalis in physalis British & World English

a plant of a genus that includes the Cape gooseberry and Chinese lantern, which has an inflated lantern-like calyx

Physalis peruviana in Cape gooseberry British & World English

the tropical South American plant with heart-shaped leaves which bears the Cape gooseberry

Physalis alkekengi in Chinese lantern British & World English

a Eurasian plant with white flowers and globular orange fruits enclosed in an orange-red papery calyx

Physalia physalis in Portuguese man-of-war British & World English

a floating colonial coelenterate with a number of polyps and a conspicuous float. It bears long tentacles which are able to inflict painful stings and occurs chiefly in warm seas

Physalis philadelphica in tomatillo British & World English

the Mexican plant, related to the Cape gooseberry, which bears the tomatillo