husk tomato vs purple ground cherry

purple ground cherry vs husk tomato

husk tomato and purple ground cherry both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
husk tomato	Yes	No	No	No
purple ground cherry	Yes	No	No	No

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

husk tomato: 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
purple ground cherry: annual of tropical South America having edible purple fruits

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

husk tomato (noun)	purple ground cherry (noun)
small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk	annual of tropical South America having edible purple fruits
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	Mexican annual naturalized in eastern North America having yellow to purple edible fruit resembling small tomatoes

Difference between husk tomato and purple ground cherry

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