tomatillo

/ˈtoʊməˌtioʊ/

Other forms: tomatillos

Definitions of tomatillo

1. 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

   type of:

   ground cherry, husk tomato

   any of numerous cosmopolitan annual or perennial herbs of the genus Physalis bearing edible fleshy berries enclosed in a bladderlike husk; some cultivated for their flowers
2. noun

   annual of Mexico and southern United States having edible purplish viscid fruit resembling small tomatoes
   synonyms: Mexican husk tomato, Physalis ixocarpa, jamberry

   type of:

   ground cherry, husk tomato

   any of numerous cosmopolitan annual or perennial herbs of the genus Physalis bearing edible fleshy berries enclosed in a bladderlike husk; some cultivated for their flowers
3. noun

   small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk
   synonyms: Mexican husk tomato, husk tomato

   type of:

   solanaceous vegetable

   any of several fruits of plants of the family Solanaceae; especially of the genera Solanum, Capsicum, and Lycopersicon