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Tomatillo

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Noun

1. jamberry, miltomate, physalis philadelphica, purple ground cherry, tomatillo

Mexican annual naturalized in eastern North America having yellow to purple edible fruit resembling small tomatoes

2. jamberry, mexican husk tomato, physalis ixocarpa, tomatillo

annual of Mexico and southern United States having edible purplish viscid fruit resembling small tomatoes

3. husk tomato, mexican husk tomato, tomatillo

small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk

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Tomatillo

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noun plural -los
1. 
a solanaceous plant, Physalis ixocarpa, of South America
2. 
the greenish-purple fruit of this plant that is a staple in Mexican cuisine
. Also called: green tomato

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Tomatillo

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nounWord forms: plural ˌtomaˈtillos
1. 
a small, round fruit with a papery husk, used as a vegetable in Mexican cooking: yellow to purple when ripe, but cooked while still green
2. 
the plant (Physalis ixocarpa) on which this fruit grows

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Tomatillo

see synonyms of tomatillo
n. pl. to·ma·til·los
1. A ground cherry (Physalis philadelphica) native to Mexico but widely naturalized in eastern North America, having an edible, yellow to purple viscid fruit.
2. The fruit of this plant.

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