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Definition of Physalis ixocarpa

1. Noun. Annual of Mexico and southern United States having edible purplish viscid fruit resembling small tomatoes.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Physalis Ixocarpa

Literary usage of Physalis ixocarpa

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"Tomatillo Herbaceous annual Cultivated and also occasionally occurring on ballast, wharves, and waste ground. Physalis ixocarpa Hornem. ..."

2. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"Tomatillo Herbaceous annual Cultivated and also occasionally occurring on ballast, wharves, and waste ground. Physalis ixocarpa Homem. ..."

3. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1901)
"Physalis ixocarpa in its cultivated form (fruits XJ/i). The species number anywhere from 30 to 100 or more, depending on the author. ..."

4. New Manual of Botany of the Central Rocky Mountains (vascular Plants) by John Merle Coulter (1909)
"Physalis ixocarpa Brot. Horneman, Hort. Hafn. Suppl. 26. 1819. In age much branched and widely spreading; stem angled, glabrous, sparingly hairy on the ..."

5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"The " tomato " or " tomatillo " mentioned, is the fruit of the Physalis ixocarpa, sometimes called the " strawberry tomato ..."

6. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry, Division of Plant Industry, Queensland (1911)
"Physalis ixocarpa Brot. Husk tomato. "This big blue husk tomato is often 4 centimeters in diameter, as found upon the markets of Oaxaca and Mexico City ..."

7. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"Tomatillo Herbaceous annual Cultivated and also occasionally occurring on ballast, wharves, and waste ground. Physalis ixocarpa Hornem. ..."

8. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"Tomatillo Herbaceous annual Cultivated and also occasionally occurring on ballast, wharves, and waste ground. Physalis ixocarpa Homem. ..."

9. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1901)
"Physalis ixocarpa in its cultivated form (fruits XJ/i). The species number anywhere from 30 to 100 or more, depending on the author. ..."

10. New Manual of Botany of the Central Rocky Mountains (vascular Plants) by John Merle Coulter (1909)
"Physalis ixocarpa Brot. Horneman, Hort. Hafn. Suppl. 26. 1819. In age much branched and widely spreading; stem angled, glabrous, sparingly hairy on the ..."

11. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"The " tomato " or " tomatillo " mentioned, is the fruit of the Physalis ixocarpa, sometimes called the " strawberry tomato ..."

12. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry, Division of Plant Industry, Queensland (1911)
"Physalis ixocarpa Brot. Husk tomato. "This big blue husk tomato is often 4 centimeters in diameter, as found upon the markets of Oaxaca and Mexico City ..."

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