tomatillo

(noun) Mexican annual naturalized in eastern North America having yellow to purple edible fruit resembling small tomatoes. Synonyms: miltomate, purple ground cherry, jamberry, Physalis philadelphica.

(noun) annual of Mexico and southern United States having edible purplish viscid fruit resembling small tomatoes. Synonyms: jamberry, Mexican husk tomato, Physalis ixocarpa.

(noun) small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk. Synonyms: husk tomato, Mexican husk tomato.