Noun tomatillo has 3 senses
- tomatillo, miltomate, purple ground cherry, jamberry, Physalis philadelphica - Mexican annual naturalized in eastern North America having yellow to purple edible fruit resembling small tomatoes
--1 is a kind of ground cherry, husk tomato
- tomatillo, jamberry, Mexican husk tomato, Physalis ixocarpa - annual of Mexico and southern United States having edible purplish viscid fruit resembling small tomatoes
--2 is a kind of ground cherry, husk tomato
--2 has parts: tomatillo, husk tomato, Mexican husk tomato
- tomatillo, husk tomato, Mexican husk tomato - small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk
--3 is a kind of solanaceous vegetable
--3 is a part of tomatillo, jamberry, Mexican husk tomato, Physalis ixocarpa
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