mexican husk tomato

Questions about mexican husk tomato

What does mexican husk tomato mean?

mexican husk tomato means "annual of Mexico and southern United States having edible purplish viscid fruit resembling small tomatoes". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for mexican husk tomato?

Close synonyms include tomatillo, jamberry, Physalis ixocarpa, tomatillo, husk tomato. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mexican husk tomato a common word?

mexican husk tomato is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.