tomatillos

Variant of tomatillo

tomatillo definition

☆ to·ma·tillo (tō′mə tē′ō)

noun pl. tomatillos -·los

  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

Etymology: AmSp, dim of tomate, tomato

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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