tree tomato
Americannoun
noun
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an arborescent shrub, Cyphomandra betacea or C. crassifolia , native to South America but widely cultivated, bearing red egg-shaped edible fruit: family Solanaceae
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the fruit of this plant
Example Sentences
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For a reminder of vanished summer, there is a roster of frothy fruit shakes, including one of tomate de arból, or tree tomato, native to Ecuador.
From New York Times • Oct. 15, 2018
There was a dish of surubí bone marrow and tree tomato that had been fermented with kimchi and smoked chilies.
From The New Yorker • Apr. 4, 2016
Raw caiman, it turns out, is mild and slightly chewy, somewhere between whale and whitefish; it served mostly to connect the other ingredients, which included tree tomato, yogurt, arugula, and smoked red pepper.
From The New Yorker • Apr. 4, 2016
The original 12 — the tree tomato, poha, loquat and Rangpur lime among them — have since been joined by countless other plants.
From New York Times • Jan. 15, 2010
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