tomatillo
Plural: tomatilloes, tomatillos
Noun
- Mexican annual naturalized in eastern North America having yellow to purple edible fruit resembling small tomatoes
- annual of Mexico and southern United States having edible purplish viscid fruit resembling small tomatoes
- small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk
- A plant of the nightshade family originating in Mexico, Physalis philadelphica, cultivated for its tomato-like green to green-purple fruit surrounded by a thin papery skin.
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish tomatillo, diminutive of tomate (“tomato”), ultimately from Classical Nahuatl tomatl.
Synonyms
husk tomato, jamberry, Mexican husk tomato, miltomate, Physalis ixocarpa, Physalis philadelphica, purple ground cherry
Scrabble Score: 11
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