tomatillo Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun Mexican annual naturalized in eastern North America having yellow to purple edible fruit resembling small tomatoes
   jamberry; Physalis philadelphica; purple ground cherry; miltomate.
   
2. noun annual of Mexico and southern United States having edible purplish viscid fruit resembling small tomatoes
   jamberry; Physalis ixocarpa; Mexican husk tomato.
   
3. noun small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk
   husk tomato; Mexican husk tomato.
   

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