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Lycopersicon

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n.1.The genus including tomatoes.
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Noun1.Lycopersicon - tomatoesLycopersicon - tomatoes                            
genus Lycopersicon, genus Lycopersicum, Lycopersicum
asterid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs
family Solanaceae, potato family, Solanaceae - large and economically important family of herbs or shrubs or trees often strongly scented and sometimes narcotic or poisonous; includes the genera Solanum, Atropa, Brugmansia, Capsicum, Datura, Hyoscyamus, Lycopersicon, Nicotiana, Petunia, Physalis, and Solandra
cherry tomato, Lycopersicon esculentum cerasiforme - plant bearing small red to yellow fruit
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Lycopersicon esculentum - oh, all right then, tomato - the original love apple - I am not sure what my wife's reaction would be if I brought her a tray of tomatoes for Valentine's Day rather than a bunch of flowers.
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There is little report of LAP gene diversity in the literature, although variations have been found within the LapN gene of Lycopersicon esculentum (tomato): changes affecting the N-terminal and catalytic regions of the protein are predicted to make the enzyme inactive (Tu et al.
A leucine aminopeptidase gene of the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas ... by Wharam, Susan D.; Wardill, Trevor J.; Goddard, Victoria; Donald, Kirsten M.; Parry, Helen; Pascoe, P / Journal of Shellfish Research
The cultivated tomato is botanically named Lycopersicon esculentum.
Tale of the 'love' apple by Gulf Daily News (Manama, Bahrain)
 
 
 
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