The Collaborative International Dictionary
strawberry tomato
Alkekengi \Al`ke*ken"gi\, n. [Cf. F. alk['e]kenge, Sp.
alquequenje, ultimately fr. Ar. al-k[=a]kanj a kind of resin
from Herat.] (Bot.)
An herbaceous plant of the nightshade family ( Physalis
alkekengi) and its fruit, which is a well flavored berry,
the size of a cherry, loosely inclosed in a enlarged leafy
calyx; -- also called winter cherry, ground cherry, and
strawberry tomato.
--D. C. Eaton.
WordNet
strawberry tomato
n. stout hairy annual of eastern North America with sweet yellow fruits [syn: dwarf cape gooseberry, Physalis pruinosa]
decorative American annual having round fleshy yellow berries enclosed in a bladderlike husk [syn: downy ground cherry, Physalis pubescens]