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