husk : Idioms & Phrases

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husk tomato

  • 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
    ground cherry.
  • noun small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk
    husk tomato; tomatillo.
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husking bee

  • noun a social gathering for the purpose of husking corn
    cornhusking.
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Husks of the prodigal son

  • (Bot.), the pods of the carob tree. See Carob.
Webster 1913

mexican husk tomato

  • noun annual of Mexico and southern United States having edible purplish viscid fruit resembling small tomatoes
    jamberry; Physalis ixocarpa; tomatillo.
  • noun small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk
    husk tomato; tomatillo.
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