NOUN | plant | Mexican husk tomato, tomatillo, jamberry, Physalis ixocarpa | annual of Mexico and southern United States having edible purplish viscid fruit resembling small tomatoes |
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food | Mexican husk tomato, tomatillo, husk tomato | small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk |
Meaning | Annual of Mexico and southern United States having edible purplish viscid fruit resembling small tomatoes. | |
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Synonyms | tomatillo, jamberry, Physalis ixocarpa | |
Parts | tomatillo, husk tomato, Mexican husk tomato | small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk |
Broader | ground cherry, husk tomato | Any of numerous cosmopolitan annual or perennial herbs of the genus Physalis bearing edible fleshy berries enclosed in a bladderlike husk |
Meaning | small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk. | |
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Synonyms | tomatillo, husk tomato | |
Part of | tomatillo, jamberry, Mexican husk tomato, Physalis ixocarpa | Annual of Mexico and southern United States having edible purplish viscid fruit resembling small tomatoes |
Broader | solanaceous vegetable | Any of several fruits of plants of the family Solanaceae |
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