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
the plant (Physalis ixocarpa) on which this fruit grows
Origin:
AmSp, dim of tomate, tomato
See tomatillo in American Heritage Dictionary 4
nounpl.to·ma·til·los
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.
The fruit of this plant.
Origin:
Origin: American Spanish
Origin: , diminutive of tomate, tomato; see tomato