MEXICAN HUSK TOMATO
Dictionary entry overview: What does Mexican husk tomato mean?
• MEXICAN HUSK TOMATO (noun)
The noun MEXICAN HUSK TOMATO has 2 senses:
1. annual of Mexico and southern United States having edible purplish viscid fruit resembling small tomatoes
2. small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk
Familiarity information: MEXICAN HUSK TOMATO used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• MEXICAN HUSK TOMATO (noun)
Meaning:
Annual of Mexico and southern United States having edible purplish viscid fruit resembling small tomatoes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Mexican husk tomato; Physalis ixocarpa; jamberry; tomatillo
Hypernyms ("Mexican husk tomato" is a kind of...):
ground cherry; husk tomato (any of numerous cosmopolitan annual or perennial herbs of the genus Physalis bearing edible fleshy berries enclosed in a bladderlike husk; some cultivated for their flowers)
Meronyms (parts of "Mexican husk tomato"):
husk tomato; Mexican husk tomato; tomatillo (small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk)
Meaning:
Small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
husk tomato; Mexican husk tomato; tomatillo
Hypernyms ("Mexican husk tomato" is a kind of...):
solanaceous vegetable (any of several fruits of plants of the family Solanaceae; especially of the genera Solanum, Capsicum, and Lycopersicon)
Holonyms ("Mexican husk tomato" is a part of...):
jamberry; Mexican husk tomato; Physalis ixocarpa; tomatillo (annual of Mexico and southern United States having edible purplish viscid fruit resembling small tomatoes)
