ground cherry vs downy ground cherry

downy ground cherry vs ground cherry

ground cherry and downy ground cherry both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
ground cherry	Yes	No	No	No
downy ground cherry	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, downy ground cherry is a hyponym of ground cherry; that is, downy ground cherry is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than ground cherry:

ground cherry: 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
downy ground cherry: decorative American annual having round fleshy yellow berries enclosed in a bladderlike husk

Other hyponyms of ground cherry include Physalis pubescens, strawberry tomato, bladder cherry, Chinese lantern plant, Physalis alkekengi, winter cherry, cape gooseberry, Physalis peruviana, purple ground cherry, dwarf cape gooseberry, Physalis pruinosa, strawberry tomato, jamberry, Mexican husk tomato, Physalis ixocarpa, tomatillo, jamberry, miltomate, Physalis philadelphica, purple ground cherry, tomatillo, Physalis viscosa, yellow henbane.

ground cherry (noun)	downy ground cherry (noun)
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	decorative American annual having round fleshy yellow berries enclosed in a bladderlike husk

Difference between ground cherry and downy ground cherry

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