TOMATILLO

tomatillo, husk tomato, Mexican husk tomato

(noun) small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk

tomatillo, jamberry, Mexican husk tomato, Physalis ixocarpa

(noun) annual of Mexico and southern United States having edible purplish viscid fruit resembling small tomatoes

tomatillo, miltomate, purple ground cherry, jamberry, Physalis philadelphica

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

tomatillo (plural tomatillos or tomatilloes)

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.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

26 January 2025

NEGLECT

(verb) leave undone or leave out; “How could I miss that typo?”; “The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten”


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