TOMATO PLANT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tomato plant mean? 

• TOMATO PLANT (noun)
  The noun TOMATO PLANT has 1 sense:

1. native to South America; widely cultivated in many varieties

  Familiarity information: TOMATO PLANT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TOMATO PLANT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Native to South America; widely cultivated in many varieties

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

love apple; Lycopersicon esculentum; tomato; tomato plant

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)

 Context examples 

In other words, the selected communities look like a stable, healthy plant microbiome, akin to what a robust tomato plant might pass to its offspring.

(How do you cultivate a healthy plant microbiome?, National Science Foundation)