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tomatillo meaning and definition
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Definition of tomatillo (noun)
- Mexican annual naturalized in eastern North America having yellow to purple edible fruit resembling small tomatoes
- synonyms: jamberry, miltomate, Physalis philadelphica, purple ground cherry
- annual of Mexico and southern United States having edible purplish viscid fruit resembling small tomatoes
- synonyms: jamberry, Mexican husk tomato, Physalis ixocarpa
- small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk
- synonyms: husk tomato, Mexican husk tomato
Source: Princeton University Wordnet