Meaning of TOMATILLO
Pronunciation: | | `towmu'teeow
|
WordNet Dictionary |
|
| Definition: | |
- [n] small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk
- [n] annual of Mexico and southern United States having edible purplish viscid fruit resembling small tomatoes
- [n] Mexican annual naturalized in eastern North America having yellow to purple edible fruit resembling small tomatoes
|
|
| Websites: | | |
|
| Synonyms: | | husk tomato, jamberry, Mexican husk tomato, Mexican husk tomato, miltomate, Physalis ixocarpa, Physalis philadelphica, purple ground cherry |
|
| See Also: | | ground cherry, husk tomato, jamberry, Physalis ixocarpa, solanaceous vegetable, tomatillo, tomatillo | |
|
|