1. (n.)tomatillo a plant of Mexico and the southern U.S., Physalis ixocarpa, of the nightshade family, one variety of which produces a small, green, tomatolike fruit used in cooking.
Etymology: (1910–15; < Sp, dim. of tomatetomato)
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Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)tomatillo, miltomate, purple ground cherry, jamberry, Physalis philadelphica Mexicanannual naturalized in eastern North America having yellow to purple edible fruit resembling small tomatoes
2. (noun)tomatillo, jamberry, Mexican husk tomato, Physalis ixocarpa annual of Mexico and southern United States having edible purplish viscid fruit resembling small tomatoes
3. (noun)tomatillo, husk tomato, Mexican husk tomato small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk
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