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Tomatillo

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

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

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small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk

Wordset Dictionary

annual of Mexico and southern United States having edible purplish viscid fruit resembling small tomatoes

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unclassified

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unclassified

Variants

synonym
husk tomatojamberrymiltomatepurple ground cherry
plural
Tomatillos
possessive
Tomatillo's
pluralpossessive
Tomatillos'