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Tomatillo

Tomatillo Meaning & Definition
Tomatillo Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Tomatillo?

[n] small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk
[n] annual of Mexico and southern United States having edible purplish viscid fruit resembling small tomatoes
[n] Mexican annual naturalized in eastern North America having yellow to purple edible fruit resembling small tomatoes

Synonyms | Synonyms for Tomatillo: husk tomato | jamberry | Mexican husk tomato | Mexican husk tomato | miltomate | Physalis ixocarpa | Physalis philadelphica | purple ground cherry

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See Also | ground cherry | husk tomato | jamberry | Physalis ixocarpa | solanaceous vegetable | tomatillo | tomatillo

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