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Definition of tamarillo in English: tamarillonounPlural tamarillos ˌtaməˈrɪləʊˌtaməˈrilō 1A tropical South American plant of the nightshade family, which bears edible egg-shaped red fruits. 〈主澳/新西兰〉树番茄。亦称TREE TOMATO Cyphomandra betaceae, family Solanaceae Also called tree tomato Example sentencesExamples - The tamarillo is generally believed to be native to the Andes of Peru and probably also, Chile, Ecuador and Bolivia.
- Tamarillos were first introduced into New Zealand from Asia in the late 1800s.
- The tamarillo is subtropical rather than tropical and flourishes between 5,000 and 10,000 ft. in its Andean homeland.
- Four of the 14 orders deal with commodity levies, which are voted upon by growers of tamarillos, meat, wool, and wine grapes.
- 1.1 The fruit of the tamarillo.
树番茄果实 Example sentencesExamples - Place the beef, tamarillos, onion and kumara in a casserole dish.
- Last winter, I was given a large bag of small, end-of-season tamarillos.
- Products like buttercup squash, table grapes, chestnuts, persimmons, avocados, tamarillos, boysenberries, and Nashi Asian pears, just demonstrate the wide diversity of horticultural exports from New Zealand to overseas markets.
- In restaurants, we are offered anything from the faintly recognisable tamarillo or star anise ice-cream to absurd flavours such as anchovy or haggis.
- And a good tonic it is, according to recent research, which shows that tamarillos rate very well as a source of antioxidants compared with other common fruit and vegetables.
Origin1960s (originally NZ): an invented name, perhaps suggested by Spanish tomatillo, diminutive of tomate 'tomato'. Rhymesarmadillo, billow, cigarillo, Murillo, Negrillo, peccadillo, pillow, Utrillo, willow Definition of tamarillo in US English: tamarillonounˌtaməˈrilō 1A tropical South American plant of the nightshade family, which bears edible egg-shaped red fruits. 〈主澳/新西兰〉树番茄。亦称TREE TOMATO Cyphomandra betacea, family Solanaceae Also called tree tomato Example sentencesExamples - The tamarillo is generally believed to be native to the Andes of Peru and probably also, Chile, Ecuador and Bolivia.
- The tamarillo is subtropical rather than tropical and flourishes between 5,000 and 10,000 ft. in its Andean homeland.
- Tamarillos were first introduced into New Zealand from Asia in the late 1800s.
- Four of the 14 orders deal with commodity levies, which are voted upon by growers of tamarillos, meat, wool, and wine grapes.
- 1.1 The fruit of the tamarillo.
树番茄果实 Example sentencesExamples - Last winter, I was given a large bag of small, end-of-season tamarillos.
- Place the beef, tamarillos, onion and kumara in a casserole dish.
- And a good tonic it is, according to recent research, which shows that tamarillos rate very well as a source of antioxidants compared with other common fruit and vegetables.
- Products like buttercup squash, table grapes, chestnuts, persimmons, avocados, tamarillos, boysenberries, and Nashi Asian pears, just demonstrate the wide diversity of horticultural exports from New Zealand to overseas markets.
- In restaurants, we are offered anything from the faintly recognisable tamarillo or star anise ice-cream to absurd flavours such as anchovy or haggis.
Origin1960s (originally NZ): an invented name, perhaps suggested by Spanish tomatillo, diminutive of tomate ‘tomato’. |