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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A genus of plants of the natural order Solanaceæ and the tribe Solaneæ. It differs from
Solanum , with which it is closely allied, by having long, acuminate, connate anthers, opening on the inside by a longitudinal fissure. They are unarmed herbs with irregularly pinnate leaves, weak stems, five- or rarely six-parted flowers, with a rotate corolla, and growing in few-flowered cymes. The fruit is a fieshy globose or pearshaped berry, usually red or yellow, and with numerous seeds embedded in the pulp. There are three or four species, natives of South America, but now widely cultivated and to some extent naturalized elsewhere. The most important is L. esculentum, the common tomato, formerly calledlove-apple , which has been very much modified by culture. Its fruit, naturally of two or three cells, is often much complicated by a consolidation of blossoms. Seetomato .
WordNet 3.0
- n. tomatoes.
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“Solanum caule inermi herbaceo, foliis pinnatis incisis, racemis simplicibus, for example, became Solanum lycopersicum – that is, a tomato.”
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“It is of two kinds, the red (Solanum lycopersicum) and the black (S. Melongena).”
“The tomato Solanum lycopersicum is a plant in the Solanaceae or nightshade family, native to Central and South America, from Mexico to Peru.”
“The latter differs from our Solanum lycopersicum; the fruit is round and small, but has a fine flavour; it is now cultivated at La Victoria, at Nueva Valencia, and everywhere in the valleys of Aragua.”
“The latter differs from our Solanum lycopersicum; the fruit is round and small, but has a fine flavour; it is now cultivated at La Victoria, at”
“One of its scientific names is "Solanum lycopersicum", the second part of which means "wolf peach".”
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“I do know that there are Brandywines, (as their leaves are distinctly different than the rest of the lycopersicum species) red and yellow cherries, red pears and even some Romas for drying and canning.”
“Solanum lycopersicum, get your fix with a great pizza or pasta with marinara sauce.”
“The present work involves the identification and characterisation of a F3'5'H gene from tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), and the examination of its putative role in flavonoid metabolism.”
“This will be a VERY BASIC overview of seed saving • In the short time provided, we'll try to cover • Tomatoes - Solanum lycopersicum • Summer squash - cucurbita pepo • Common Beans -”
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