/toh'meuh tee"oh, -teel"yoh/ , n. , pl. tomatilloes, tomatillos .
a plant, Physalis ixocarpa, of the nightshade family, native to Mexico, having yellow flowers with five blackish spots in the throat and bluish, sticky berries in a purple-veined calyx. Also called Mexican ground cherry .
[ 1910-15; tomate TOMATO ]