tomatillo

(tō′mə tēō)

noun pl. tomatillos

  1. a small, round fruit with a papery husk, used as a vegetable in Mexican cooking: yellow to purple when ripe, but cooked while still green
  2. the plant (Physalis ixocarpa) on which this fruit grows

Origin: AmSp, dim of tomate, tomato

See tomatillo in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. to·ma·til·los
  1. A species of ground cherry (Physalis ixocarpa) native to Mexico, widely naturalized in eastern North America, and having an edible, yellow to purple viscid fruit.
  2. The fruit of this plant.

Origin:

Origin: American Spanish

Origin: , diminutive of tomate, tomato; see tomato

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