Synonyms for tomatillo

Noun

1. tomatillo, miltomate, purple ground cherry, jamberry, Physalis philadelphica, ground cherry, husk tomato

usage: Mexican annual naturalized in eastern North America having yellow to purple edible fruit resembling small tomatoes

2. tomatillo, jamberry, Mexican husk tomato, Physalis ixocarpa, ground cherry, husk tomato

usage: annual of Mexico and southern United States having edible purplish viscid fruit resembling small tomatoes

3. tomatillo, husk tomato, Mexican husk tomato, solanaceous vegetable

usage: small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk