tomatillo

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tomatillo, diminutive of tomate (“tomato”), ultimately from Classical Nahuatl tomatl.

In classic literature

Synonyms

miltomate, purple ground cherry, jamberry, Physalis philadelphica

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