Meaning Of The Word Tomatillo

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tomatillo in American English
a small, round fruit with a papery husk, used as a vegetable in Mexican cooking: yellow to purple when ripe, but cooked while still green
noun: a plant, Physalis ixocarpa, of the nightshade family, native to Mexico, having yellow flowers with five blackish spots in the throat and bluish, sticky berries in a purple-veined calyx

tomatillo in British English
noun: a solanaceous plant, Physalis ixocarpa, of South America

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