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English noun: tomatillo

1. tomatillo (plant) Mexican annual naturalized in eastern North America having yellow to purple edible fruit resembling small tomatoes


Synonymsjamberry, miltomate, Physalis philadelphica, purple ground cherry


Broader (hypernym)ground cherry, husk tomato

2. tomatillo (plant) annual of Mexico and southern United States having edible purplish viscid fruit resembling small tomatoes


Synonymsjamberry, Mexican husk tomato, Physalis ixocarpa


Broader (hypernym)ground cherry, husk tomato


Part holonymhusk tomato, Mexican husk tomato, tomatillo

3. tomatillo (food) small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk


Synonymshusk tomato, Mexican husk tomato


Broader (hypernym)solanaceous vegetable


Part meronymjamberry, Mexican husk tomato, Physalis ixocarpa, tomatillo









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