tomatillo
n 1: Mexican annual naturalized in eastern North America having
yellow to purple edible fruit resembling small tomatoes
[syn: {tomatillo}, {miltomate}, {purple ground cherry},
{jamberry}, {Physalis philadelphica}]
2: annual of Mexico and southern United States having edible
purplish viscid fruit resembling small tomatoes [syn:
{tomatillo}, {jamberry}, {Mexican husk tomato}, {Physalis
ixocarpa}]
3: small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a
bladderlike husk [syn: {tomatillo}, {husk tomato}, {Mexican
husk tomato}]