cherry tomato
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cherry tomato
n.
A variety of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum var. cerasiforme syn. Lycopersicon esculentum var. cerasiforme) having small red to yellow fruits.
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cherry tomato
n
(Cookery) a miniature tomato not much bigger than a cherry
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cher′ry toma′to
n.
a variety of tomato, Lycopersicon lycopersicum cerasiforme, as small and round as a large cherry.
[1840–50, Amer.]
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| Noun | 1. | cherry tomato - plant bearing small red to yellow fruitcherry tomato - small red to yellow tomatoes love apple, Lycopersicon esculentum, tomato plant, tomato - native to South America; widely cultivated in many varieties plum tomato - an Italian variety of cherry tomato that is shaped like a plum |
| 2. | cherry tomato - small red to yellow tomatoes tomato - mildly acid red or yellow pulpy fruit eaten as a vegetable plum tomato - a kind of cherry tomato that is frequently used in cooking rather than eaten raw cherry tomato, Lycopersicon esculentum cerasiforme - plant bearing small red to yellow fruit |
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cherry tomato - plant bearing small red to yellow fruit