WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Mexican husk tomato n 1: annual of Mexico and southern United States having edible purplish viscid fruit resembling small tomatoes [syn: tomatillo, jamberry, Mexican husk tomato, Physalis ixocarpa] 2: small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk [syn: tomatillo, husk tomato, Mexican husk tomato]