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tamarillo
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun tamarillo has 1 sense
- tamarillo(n = noun.plant) tree tomato - South American arborescent shrub having pale pink blossoms followed by egg-shaped reddish-brown edible fruit somewhat resembling a tomato in flavor; Array is a member of cyphomandra, genus cyphomandra
is a kind of bush, shrub
OXFORD DICTIONARY
tamarillo, n. (pl. -os) esp. Austral. & NZ = tree tomato.
Etymology
arbitrary marketing name: cf. Sp. tomatillo dimin. of tomate TOMATO
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