tomatillo

Noun tomatillo has 3 senses

• tomatillo(n = noun.plant) jamberry, miltomate, physalis philadelphica, purple ground cherry - Mexican annual naturalized in eastern North America having yellow to purple edible fruit resembling small tomatoes;
is a kind of ground cherry, husk tomato

• tomatillo(n = noun.plant) jamberry, mexican husk tomato, physalis ixocarpa - annual of Mexico and southern United States having edible purplish viscid fruit resembling small tomatoes;
has parts: husk tomato, mexican husk tomato, tomatillo
is a kind of ground cherry, husk tomato

• tomatillo(n = noun.food) husk tomato, mexican husk tomato - small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk;
is a kind of solanaceous vegetable
is a part of jamberry, mexican husk tomato, physalis ixocarpa, tomatillo