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TOMATO PLANT

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(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Native to South America; widely cultivated in many varieties

Synonyms:

love apple; Lycopersicon esculentum; tomato; tomato plant

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Nouns denoting plants

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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