tomatillo
1.
(
noun
) small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk
Synonyms:
Mexican husk tomato
,
husk tomato
Related Words:
solanaceous vegetable
2.
(
noun
) annual of Mexico and southern United States having edible purplish viscid fruit resembling small tomatoes
Synonyms:
Mexican husk tomato
,
Physalis ixocarpa
,
jamberry
Related Words:
ground cherry
,
husk tomato
3.
(
noun
) Mexican annual naturalized in eastern North America having yellow to purple edible fruit resembling small tomatoes
Synonyms:
Physalis philadelphica
,
jamberry
,
miltomate
,
purple ground cherry
Related Words:
ground cherry
,
husk tomato
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