|
  • Search Results
  • Advanced Search
  • List Builder
  • Random Word

tomatillo

DEFINITIONS OF: tomatillo

1

n Mexican annual naturalized in eastern North America having yellow to purple edible fruit resembling small tomatoes

Synonyms:
Physalis philadelphica, jamberry, miltomate, purple ground cherry
Type of:
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

n annual of Mexico and southern United States having edible purplish viscid fruit resembling small tomatoes

Synonyms:
Mexican husk tomato, Physalis ixocarpa, jamberry
Type of:
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

n small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk

Synonyms:
Mexican husk tomato, husk tomato
Type of:
solanaceous vegetable
any of several fruits of plants of the family Solanaceae; especially of the genera Solanum, Capsicum, and Lycopersicon
Launch
WORD FAMILY
USAGE EXAMPLES