CHERRY TOMATO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cherry tomato mean? 

• CHERRY TOMATO (noun)
  The noun CHERRY TOMATO has 2 senses:

1. plant bearing small red to yellow fruit

2. small red to yellow tomatoes

  Familiarity information: CHERRY TOMATO used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHERRY TOMATO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Plant bearing small red to yellow fruit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

cherry tomato; Lycopersicon esculentum cerasiforme

Hypernyms ("cherry tomato" is a kind of...):

love apple; Lycopersicon esculentum; tomato; tomato plant (native to South America; widely cultivated in many varieties)

Meronyms (parts of "cherry tomato"):

cherry tomato (small red to yellow tomatoes)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cherry tomato"):

plum tomato (an Italian variety of cherry tomato that is shaped like a plum)

Holonyms ("cherry tomato" is a member of...):

genus Lycopersicon; genus Lycopersicum; Lycopersicon; Lycopersicum (tomatoes)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Small red to yellow tomatoes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("cherry tomato" is a kind of...):

tomato (mildly acid red or yellow pulpy fruit eaten as a vegetable)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cherry tomato"):

plum tomato (a kind of cherry tomato that is frequently used in cooking rather than eaten raw)

Holonyms ("cherry tomato" is a part of...):

cherry tomato; Lycopersicon esculentum cerasiforme (plant bearing small red to yellow fruit)