Definition of Lycopersicum

1. Noun. Tomatoes.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Lycopersicum

Lychnis alba
Lychnis coronaria
Lychnis dioica
Lychnis flos-cuculi
Lycia
Lycian
Lycium
Lycium barbarum
Lycium carolinianum
Lycium halimifolium
Lycoperdaceae
Lycoperdales
Lycopersicon
Lycopersicon esculentum
Lycopersicon esculentum cerasiforme
Lycopersicum (current term)
Lycophyta
Lycopodiaceae
Lycopodiales
Lycopodiate
Lycopodineae
Lycopodium alopecuroides
Lycopodium alpinum
Lycopodium clavitum
Lycopodium complanatum
Lycopodium lucidulum
Lycopodium obscurum
Lycopodium selago
Lycopsida
Lycopus

Literary usage of Lycopersicum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Microscopy of Vegetable Foods: With Special Reference to the Detection by Andrew Lincoln Winton, Josef Moeller, Kate Grace Barber Winton (1916)
"There is good evidence that the tomato (Solanum Lycopersicum L., Lycopersicum esculentum Mill.) was cultivated in Peru long before the discovery of America. ..."

2. Rhodora by New England Botanical Club (1902)
"Well established along a highway at one point in Groton. * Solatium Lycopersicum L. The common tomato should be included in the Conn. Flora. ..."

3. Journal of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy by Philadelphia College of Pharmacy (1833)
"—Analysis of the Leaves and Fruit of the Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum). By Professor FE Fodere and E. Heckt, Strasburg. In examining, in September last, ..."

4. A Practical Flora for Schools and Colleges by Oliver Rivington Willis (1894)
"... part of Virginia and the Carolinas, and is sent north as an early vegetable. Etymology. — Lycopersicum is derived from the Greek words AUKOS, a wolf, ..."

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