Wiktionary
cape gooseberry
n. 1 A tropical South American plant, (taxlink Physalis peruviana species noshow=1), with a bright yellow, edible fruit 2 The fruit of this plant
WordNet
cape gooseberry
n. annual of tropical South America having edible purple fruits [syn: purple ground cherry, Physalis peruviana]
Usage examples of "cape gooseberry".
Then that night, standing in with a fine topgallant sail breeze, we raised Cape Gooseberry and bore away for the signal-station: we landed a couple of miles from it and proceeded across the dunes to take it from behind, for just as I suspected its two twelve-pounders were so placed that they could only fire out to sea or at the most sweep 75 of the shore, if traversed.