tree tomato

tree tomato

n.

See tamarillo.

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tree tomato

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) an arborescent shrub, Cyphomandra betacea or C. crassifolia, native to South America but widely cultivated, bearing red egg-shaped edible fruit: family Solanaceae

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) the fruit of this plant Also called tamarillo

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Noun

1.

tree tomato - South American arborescent shrub having pale pink blossoms followed by egg-shaped reddish-brown edible fruit somewhat resembling a tomato in flavor tamarillo Cyphomandra, genus Cyphomandra - tree tomato bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems