cherry tomato

English

Etymology

From its resemblance to a cherry.

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Noun

cherry tomato (plural cherry tomatoes)

  1. A type of small tomato, the cultivar Solanum lycopersicum var. cerasiforme.
    Synonym: cherry tom
    Hypernym: tomato
    Hyponym: cocktail tomato
    Coordinate terms: plum tomato, grape tomato

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