tomatillo

Phonetic Respelling: [ toh-muh-tee-oh, -teel-yoh ]

Definition:

n. a small; round fruit with a papery husk; used as a vegetable in Mexican cooking; yellow to purple when ripe; but cooked while still green the plant -Physalis ixocarpa- on which this fruit grows

Sentence:

I had a tomatillo after dinner.

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I had a tomatillo after dinner.

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