to·ma·til·lo /ˌtoməˈti(ˌ)jo, ˈtil(ˌ)jo/
tomatillo
n 1: Mexican annual naturalized in eastern North America having
yellow to purple edible fruit resembling small tomatoes
[syn: miltomate, purple ground cherry, jamberry, Physalis
philadelphica]
2: annual of Mexico and southern United States having edible
purplish viscid fruit resembling small tomatoes [syn: jamberry,
Mexican husk tomato, Physalis ixocarpa]
3: small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in
a bladderlike husk [syn: husk tomato, Mexican husk
tomato]