ˈfīsələ̇s, ˈfis-; fīˈsalə̇s noun
Etymology: New Latin, modification of Late Greek physallis Chinese lantern plant, from Greek, bladder, bubble
1. capitalized : a large genus of low-growing chiefly American annual or perennial herbs (family Solanaceae) that have an angled campanulate corolla and an inflated and sometimes brightly colored calyx enclosing a fruit which is a greenish or yellow 2-celled globular berry and that include several plants which are cultivated for their edible fruit or their showy calyxes — see cape gooseberry , chinese lantern plant , ground-cherry , strawberry tomato
2. -es : any plant of the genus Physalis