an arborescent shrub, Cyphomandra betacea or C. crassifolia, native to South America but widely cultivated, bearing red egg-shaped edible fruit: family Solanaceae
2.
the fruit of this plant
Also called: tamarillo
Examples of 'tree tomato' in a sentence
tree tomato
It does fantastic fruit juice for breakfast — the tree tomato, or tamarillo, is a treat.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Algarrobo tree syrup, botija olive, tree tomatoes, sacha inchi oil, yellow ajosecu?