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Tomatillo

nounid 149853·updated May 18, 2026
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Mexican annual naturalized in eastern North America having yellow to purple edible fruit resembling small tomatoes

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Variants

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

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary3 sensesview framework →
§1
small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk
§2
annual of Mexico and southern United States having edible purplish viscid fruit resembling small tomatoes
§3
Mexican annual naturalized in eastern North America having yellow to purple edible fruit resembling small tomatoes

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