Library / English Dictionary

CYPHOMANDRA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tree tomato

Synonyms:

Cyphomandra; genus Cyphomandra

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Cyphomandra" is a kind of...):

asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)

Meronyms (members of "Cyphomandra"):

tamarillo; tree tomato (South American arborescent shrub having pale pink blossoms followed by egg-shaped reddish-brown edible fruit somewhat resembling a tomato in flavor)

Holonyms ("Cyphomandra" 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)

Credits