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Definition of Genus lycopersicum

1. Noun. Tomatoes.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Lycopersicum

Literary usage of Genus lycopersicum

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

1. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1878)
"The genus Lycopersicum is distinguished by a 5—6-parted calyx, a wheel-shaped 6—6-cleft corolla, five stamens, ..."

2. Garden Farming by Lee Cleveland Corbett (1913)
"The genus Lycopersicum, to which the tomato belongs, contains several species besides the three which are more or less commonly met with in our gardens and ..."

3. Chambers' Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1874)
"Lycopersicum, The genus Lycopersicum is distinguished by a 5—6-parted calyx, a wheel-shaped 5—6-cleft corolla, five stamens, and a 2—3-ceiled berry, ..."

4. American Revisions and Additions to the Encyclopaedia Britannica by William Harrison De Puy (1892)
"The genus Lycopersicum is distinguished by a 5-6-parted calyx, a wheel-shaped, 5-6-cleft corolla, five stamens, and a 2-3-celled berry with hairy seeds. ..."

5. The Survival of the Unlike: A Collection of Evolution Essays Suggested by by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1896)
"... accepted authority upon the genus Lycopersicum, ad- mits ten unqualified species into his account in De ..."

6. Breeding Crop Plants by Herbert Kendall Hayes, Ralph John Garber (1921)
"The tomato belongs to the genus Lycopersicum of which there are several cultivated species. Tomatoes arc classified on the basis of vine habit, ..."

7. The Book of the Garden by Charles McIntosh (1855)
"All of the genus Lycopersicum, consisting of nine species and several varieties, are cultivated in their native countries (Peru and South America) as ..."

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