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LYCOPERSICUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Lycopersicum mean?
• LYCOPERSICUM (noun)
The noun LYCOPERSICUM has 1 sense:
1. tomatoes
Familiarity information: LYCOPERSICUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tomatoes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Lycopersicon; genus Lycopersicum; Lycopersicon; Lycopersicum
Hypernyms ("Lycopersicum" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "Lycopersicum"):
cherry tomato; Lycopersicon esculentum cerasiforme (plant bearing small red to yellow fruit)
Holonyms ("Lycopersicum" 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)
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