tamarillo

WORDNET DICTIONARY

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;

is a member of cyphomandra, genus cyphomandra

is a kind of bush, shrub

tamarillo, n. (pl. -os) esp. Austral. & NZ = tree tomato.

Etymology

arbitrary marketing name: cf. Sp. tomatillo dimin. of tomate TOMATO