LYCOPERSICON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Lycopersicon mean? 

• LYCOPERSICON (noun)
  The noun LYCOPERSICON has 1 sense:

1. tomatoes

  Familiarity information: LYCOPERSICON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LYCOPERSICON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tomatoes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Lycopersicon; genus Lycopersicum; Lycopersicon; Lycopersicum

Hypernyms ("Lycopersicon" is a kind of...):

asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)

Meronyms (members of "Lycopersicon"):

cherry tomato; Lycopersicon esculentum cerasiforme (plant bearing small red to yellow fruit)

Holonyms ("Lycopersicon" is a member of...):

family Solanaceae; potato family; Solanaceae (large and economically important family of herbs or shrubs or trees often strongly scented and sometimes narcotic or poisonous; includes the genera Solanum, Atropa, Brugmansia, Capsicum, Datura, Hyoscyamus, Lycopersicon, Nicotiana, Petunia, Physalis, and Solandra)