'tomatillo' definitions:

Definition of 'tomatillo'

(from WordNet)
noun
Mexican annual naturalized in eastern North America having yellow to purple edible fruit resembling small tomatoes [syn: tomatillo, miltomate, purple ground cherry, jamberry, Physalis philadelphica]
noun
Annual of Mexico and southern United States having edible purplish viscid fruit resembling small tomatoes [syn: tomatillo, jamberry, Mexican husk tomato, Physalis ixocarpa]
noun
Small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk [syn: tomatillo, husk tomato, Mexican husk tomato]