cherry tomato

cherry tomato

n. A variety of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum var. cerasiforme syn. Lycopersicon esculentum var. cerasiforme) having small red to yellow fruits.

cherry tomato

n (Cookery) a miniature tomato not much bigger than a cherry

cher′ry toma′to

n. a variety of tomato, Lycopersicon lycopersicum cerasiforme, as small and round as a large cherry. [1840–50, Amer.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	cherry tomato - plant bearing small red to yellow fruitLycopersicon esculentum cerasiformecherry tomato - small red to yellow tomatoesgenus Lycopersicon, genus Lycopersicum, Lycopersicon, Lycopersicum - tomatoeslove apple, Lycopersicon esculentum, tomato plant, tomato - native to South America; widely cultivated in many varietiesplum tomato - an Italian variety of cherry tomato that is shaped like a plum
	2.	cherry tomato - small red to yellow tomatoestomato - mildly acid red or yellow pulpy fruit eaten as a vegetableplum tomato - a kind of cherry tomato that is frequently used in cooking rather than eaten rawcherry tomato, Lycopersicon esculentum cerasiforme - plant bearing small red to yellow fruit