genus Lycopersicum

Thesaurus

Noun

1.genus Lycopersicum - tomatoes genus Lycopersicon, Lycopersicon, Lycopersicumasterid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubsfamily 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 Solandracherry tomato, Lycopersicon esculentum cerasiforme - plant bearing small red to yellow fruit