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noun
A plant of the nightshade family originating in Mexico, Physalis philadelphica, cultivated for its tomato-like green to green-purple fruit surrounded by a thin papery skin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: husk tomato, Mexican husk tomato
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: solanaceous vegetable
noun
annual of Mexico and southern United States having edible purplish viscid fruit resembling small tomatoes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: jamberry, Mexican husk tomato, Physalis ixocarpa
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ground cherry, husk tomato
noun
Mexican annual naturalized in eastern North America having yellow to purple edible fruit resembling small tomatoes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: miltomate, purple ground cherry, jamberry, Physalis philadelphica
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ground cherry, husk tomato
History
Borrowed from Spanish tomatillo, diminutive of tomate (“tomato”), ultimately from Classical Nahuatl tomatl.
Across languages
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