TREE TOMATO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tree tomato mean? 

• TREE TOMATO (noun)
  The noun TREE TOMATO has 1 sense:

1. South American arborescent shrub having pale pink blossoms followed by egg-shaped reddish-brown edible fruit somewhat resembling a tomato in flavor

  Familiarity information: TREE TOMATO used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TREE TOMATO (noun)

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Meaning:

South American arborescent shrub having pale pink blossoms followed by egg-shaped reddish-brown edible fruit somewhat resembling a tomato in flavor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

tamarillo; tree tomato

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

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

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

Cyphomandra; genus Cyphomandra (tree tomato)