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TOMATO PLANT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Native to South America; widely cultivated in many varieties
Synonyms:
love apple; Lycopersicon esculentum; tomato; tomato plant
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("tomato plant" is a kind of...):
herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)
Meronyms (parts of "tomato plant"):
tomato (mildly acid red or yellow pulpy fruit eaten as a vegetable)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tomato plant"):
cherry tomato; Lycopersicon esculentum cerasiforme (plant bearing small red to yellow fruit)
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