miltomate

9.9

A Mexican plant that makes small fruits like tomatoes you can eat

noun

: miltomate

The farmers planted rows of miltomate alongside their corn fields for a bountiful harvest.

Examples

Many traditional Mexican recipes call for the unique flavor of miltomate in sauces and salsas.
You can find fresh miltomate at local markets from summer to early autumn.
The miltomate is often used in traditional Mexican dishes.
I bought some fresh miltomates at the local market.
In Mexico, they often use miltomates in sauces and salsas for their tangy flavor.
The farmer harvested a large crop of miltomates alongside tomatoes and peppers.
The vibrant miltomates added color and taste to the fresh salad.

Synonyms

tomatillo

vsmiltomate

2 7.6

A small round green fruit with a thin papery husk used in Mexican cooking and the plant that grows it

focuses on the plant as a Mexican annual bearing fruit without husk detail

Physalis philadelphica

vsmiltomate

Specialized

9.5

A small Mexican plant that makes edible green or yellow fruits like small tomatoes

is the everyday local name rather than the formal scientific label

purple ground cherry

vsmiltomate

9.5

A small plant that makes purple fruits you can eat, like tiny tomatoes

focuses instead on its Mexican origin and naturalized North American range

jamberry

vsmiltomate

9.9

A plant with small fruit like tomatoes that you can eat

describes an annual naturalized in parts of North America rather than native

Surface Forms

miltomate singular

miltomates plural

Etymology

Miltomate comes from the Nahuatl word miltomatl, from an old language of Mexico, and it shares the root tomatl, which means 'tomato', so a miltomate is a Mexican plant that bears small, tomato-like fruit.