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 Meaning of TOMATILLO
| Pronunciation: |  | `towmu'teeow 
 
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[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 |  |     |    |  |