Noun: tomatillo ,tow-mu'tee-ow
- Small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk
"She made salsa verde using fresh tomatillos";
- husk tomato, Mexican husk tomato
- Mexican annual naturalized in eastern North America having yellow to purple edible fruit resembling small tomatoes
"Miltomate is also known as husk tomato or tomatillo";
- miltomate, purple ground cherry, jamberry, Physalis philadelphica
- Annual of Mexico and southern United States having edible purplish viscid fruit resembling small tomatoes
"She used fresh tomatillos in her salsa verde";
- jamberry, Mexican husk tomato, Physalis ixocarpa
Derived forms: tomatillos
Type of: ground cherry, husk tomato, solanaceous vegetable
Encyclopedia: Tomatillo