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