Mexican husk tomato

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Noun1.Mexican husk tomato - annual of Mexico and southern United States having edible purplish viscid fruit resembling small tomatoesMexican husk tomato - annual of Mexico and southern United States having edible purplish viscid fruit resembling small tomatoes
husk tomato, Mexican husk tomato, tomatillo - small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk
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.Mexican husk tomato - small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike huskMexican husk tomato - small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk
solanaceous vegetable - any of several fruits of plants of the family Solanaceae; especially of the genera Solanum, Capsicum, and Lycopersicon
Mexican husk tomato, Physalis ixocarpa, tomatillo, jamberry - annual of Mexico and southern United States having edible purplish viscid fruit resembling small tomatoes
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Ginnie Grilley, a volunteer Master Food Preserver with the OSU Extension Service, was in charge of showing the crowd how to make salsa with tomatillos, also known as the Mexican husk tomato.
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