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Definition of Physalis pruinosa
1. Noun. Stout hairy annual of eastern North America with sweet yellow fruits.
Generic synonyms: Ground Cherry, Husk Tomato
Lexicographical Neighbors of Physalis Pruinosa
Literary usage of Physalis pruinosa
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1898)
"physalis pruinosa L. Tall Hairy Ground-Cherry. ... physalis pruinosa L. Sp. 184.
1753. P. pubescens Dunal, in DC. Prod. 13: part 1, 446. 1852. ..."
2. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"... L. var. integrifolia (Dunal) Waterfall Hairy ground-cherry Herbaceous annual
Alluvial areas, fields and cultivated ground. physalis pruinosa L. ..."
3. Lake Maxinkuckee: A Physical and Biological Survey by Barton Warren Evermann, Howard Walton Clark (1920)
"TALL HAIRY GROUND-CHERRY physalis pruinosa L. We have no notes on this species;
it is, however, represented by an herbarium specimen collected in the ..."