tomatillo

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tomatillo Definition

• (n) Mexican annual naturalized in eastern North America having yellow to purple edible fruit resembling small tomatoes
• (n) annual of Mexico and southern United States having edible purplish viscid fruit resembling small tomatoes
• (n) small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk

tomatillo Synonyms

• husk tomato
• jamberry
• Mexican husk tomato
• miltomate
• Physalis ixocarpa
• Physalis philadelphica
• purple ground cherry
• tomatillo