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- [toh-muh-tee-oh, -teel-yoh]
- /ˌtoʊ məˈti oʊ, -ˈtil yoʊ/
- /tˌɒmətˈiːəʊ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [toh-muh-tee-oh, -teel-yoh]
- /ˌtoʊ məˈti oʊ, -ˈtil yoʊ/
Definitions of tomatillo word
- noun plural tomatillo 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. 1
- noun tomatillo a solanaceous plant, Physalis ixocarpa, of South America 0
- noun tomatillo the greenish-purple fruit of this plant that is a staple in Mexican cuisine 0
- noun tomatillo 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 0
- noun tomatillo the plant (Physalis ixocarpa) on which this fruit grows 0
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Origin of tomatillo
First appearance:
before 1910 One of the 15% newest English words
1910-15; < Spanish, diminutive of tomate tomato
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Parts of speech for Tomatillo
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
tomatillo popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 59% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
tomatillo usage trend in Literature
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