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Meaning of TOMATILLO

Pronunciation:  `towmu'teeow

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 Definition: 
  1. [n]  small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk
  2. [n]  annual of Mexico and southern United States having edible purplish viscid fruit resembling small tomatoes
  3. [n]  Mexican annual naturalized in eastern North America having yellow to purple edible fruit resembling small tomatoes
 
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 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

 

 

 

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