lycopersicon esculentum

Questions about lycopersicon esculentum

What does lycopersicon esculentum mean?

lycopersicon esculentum means "native to South America; widely cultivated in many varieties".

What is another word for lycopersicon esculentum?

Close synonyms include tomato, love apple, tomato plant. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lycopersicon esculentum a common word?

lycopersicon esculentum is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.