MEXICAN HUSK TOMATO

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 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)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Annual of Mexico and southern United States having edible purplish viscid fruit resembling small tomatoes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

jamberry; Mexican husk tomato; Physalis ixocarpa; 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)

Sense 2

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)