tomatillo

to·ma·til·lo  (tm-ty, -tly)

n. pl. to·ma·til·los

1. A species of ground cherry (Physalis ixocarpa) native to Mexico, widely naturalized in eastern North America, and having an edible, yellow to purple viscid fruit.

2. The fruit of this plant.

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[American Spanish, diminutive of tomate, tomato; see tomato.]

Thesaurus

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