Definition of Genus Lycopersicon

1. Noun. Tomatoes.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Lycopersicon

genus Lufengpithecus
genus Luffa
genus Lumpenus
genus Lunaria
genus Lunda
genus Lupinus
genus Luscinia
genus Lutjanus
genus Lutra
genus Luvarus
genus Lycaena
genus Lycaeon
genus Lychnis
genus Lycium
genus Lycoperdon
genus Lycopersicon (current term)
genus Lycopersicum
genus Lycopodium
genus Lycopus
genus Lycosa
genus Lyginopteris
genus Lygodium
genus Lygus
genus Lymantria
genus Lynx
genus Lyonia
genus Lyrurus
genus Lysichiton
genus Lysichitum
genus Lysiloma

Literary usage of Genus Lycopersicon

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

1. Eat Your Food! Gastronomical Glory from Garden to Gut: A Coastalfields ...by Aaron Brachfeld, Aaron Brachfeld and Mary Choate, Mary Choate by Aaron Brachfeld, Aaron Brachfeld and Mary Choate, Mary Choate (2007)
"Tomatoes Tomatoes belong to the genus Lycopersicon of the family Solanaceae, which includes the potato, eggplant, petunia and tobacco, among others. ..."

2. Wild Flowers of New York by Homer Doliver House (1918)
"The Potato (Solanum tuberosum Linnaeus) is also a member of this group, while the Tomato is classed in the related genus Lycopersicon. ..."

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