Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The genus including tomatoes.
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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Solanaceae — thetomatoes and related plants.
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- noun tomatoes
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Examples
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French botanist, Tournefort gave the Latin botanical name, Lycopersicon esculentum, which translates to "wolfpeach."
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Herbaceous plants have also adapted to this arid zone including several endemic varieties of Galapagos tomatoes (Lycopersicon cheesmanii), passion flower (Passiflora foetida), and species of the endemic gerneras Tiquilia and Chamaesyce.
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If you need motivation to acquire and enjoy some genuine homegrown tomatoes, read columnist Paul Greenberg's paean to an Arkansas variety of Lycopersicon esculentum: "Like life itself, the Bradley County Pink is perishable, but a joy while it's here."
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Lycopersicon lycopersicum seeds that will hopefully be the beginning of a new adventure in tomato growing and the Zea mays var rugosa seeds that may give me bragging rights for the earliest sweet corn.
May Dreams Gardens 2009
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Arias R, et al. Quality comparison of hydroponic tomatoes (Lycopersicon esculentum) ripened on and off vine.
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Lycopersicon esculentum [11] Petroselinum hortense [1]
Recently Uploaded Slideshows arab2000.forumpro.fr@slideshare.net(arab2000.forum 2009
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Nature of resistance to tobacco mosaic virus in tomato, Lycopersicon esculentum Mill
xml's Blinklist.com 2008
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Eshed Y, Zamir D (1995) An introgression line population of Lycopersicon pennellii in the cultivated tomato enables the identification and fine mapping of yield-associated QTL.
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U RIZOSFERI PARADAJZA (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.)
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Lycopersicon esculentum) is an herbaceous, usually sprawling plant in the Solanaceae or nightshade family, as are its close cousins tobacco, potatoes, aubergine (eggplants), chili peppers, and the poisonous belladonna.
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