Definition of tomatillo

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  • tomatillo is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 11
  • tomatillo is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 11
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Definition of tomatillo

  • Mexican annual naturalized in eastern North America having yellow to purple edible fruit resembling small tomatoes (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. jamberry
    2. miltomate
    3. physalis philadelphica
    4. purple ground cherry
  • small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. husk tomato
    2. mexican husk tomato
  • annual of Mexico and southern United States having edible purplish viscid fruit resembling small tomatoes (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. jamberry
    2. mexican husk tomato
    3. physalis ixocarpa

See definition of tomatillo in Merriam Webster