noun
1. small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk
• Syn: ↑tomatillo, ↑husk tomato
• Hypernyms: ↑solanaceous vegetable
• Part Holonyms: ↑tomatillo, ↑jamberry, ↑Physalis ixocarpa
2. annual of Mexico and southern United States having edible purplish viscid fruit resembling small tomatoes
• Syn: ↑tomatillo, ↑jamberry, ↑Physalis ixocarpa
• Hypernyms: ↑ground cherry, ↑husk tomato
• Part Meronyms: ↑tomatillo, ↑husk tomato
Useful english dictionary. 2012.