Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A ground cherry (Physalis philadelphica) native to Mexico but widely naturalized in eastern North America, having an edible, yellow to purple viscid fruit.
- noun The fruit of this plant.
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- noun A fruit of the genus
Physalis , resembling thetomato but surrounded by a thin papery skin.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun annual of Mexico and southern United States having edible purplish viscid fruit resembling small tomatoes
- noun small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk
- noun Mexican annual naturalized in eastern North America having yellow to purple edible fruit resembling small tomatoes
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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(The word "tomatillo" is not used in Mexican markets.)
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(The word "tomatillo" is not used in Mexican markets.)
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Enchiladas in tomatillo cream sauce: Enchiladas suizas: Mexican Recipe
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Enchiladas in tomatillo cream sauce: Enchiladas suizas: Mexican Recipe
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Enchiladas in tomatillo cream sauce: Enchiladas suizas by
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Enchiladas in tomatillo cream sauce: Enchiladas suizas by
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Enchiladas in tomatillo cream sauce: Enchiladas suizas by
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Anyway, once you pull off the papery wrapping, the tomatillo is sticky and often has black specks on it from where the original blossom withered against the fruit.
Barnstorming on an Invisible Segway markgritter 2009
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Enchiladas in tomatillo cream sauce: Enchiladas suizas: Mexican Recipe
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In the USA and other English-speaking places, the tomate is known as tomatillo (note that the English word ends in 'o').
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