Meanings
nouncherry tomato (plural cherry tomatoes)
plural cherry tomatoes
- A type of small tomato, the cultivar Solanum lycopersicum var. cerasiforme.
Synonyms: cherry tom
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA type of small tomato, the cultivar Solanum lycopersicum var. cerasiforme.
Similar
cherry tom
More synonyms by meaning
nounplant bearing small red to yellow fruit
Similar
Lycopersicon esculentum cerasiforme
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From its resemblance to a cherry.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian че́ри дома́т
- че́ри дома́т (čéri domát)a type of small tomato
Catalan cirerol, tomàquet cherry
- cirerola type of small tomato
- tomàquet cherrya type of small tomato
- tomaca cherrya type of small tomato
Chinese Cantonese 車厘茄 /车厘茄
- 車厘茄 /车厘茄 (ce¹ lei⁴ ke²)a type of small tomato
Chinese Mandarin 聖女果 /圣女果, 櫻桃番茄 /樱桃番茄
- 聖女果 /圣女果 (shèngnǚguǒ)a type of small tomato
- 櫻桃番茄 /樱桃番茄 (yīngtáo fānqiě)a type of small tomato
- 小番茄 (xiǎo fānqiě)a type of small tomato
- 小西紅柿 /小西红柿 (xiǎo xīhóngshì)a type of small tomato
- 聖女番茄 /圣女番茄 (shèngnǚ fānqiě)a type of small tomato
Estonian kirsstomat
- kirsstomata type of small tomato
Finnish kirsikkatomaatti
- kirsikkatomaattia type of small tomato
French tomate cerise
- tomate cerisea type of small tomato
German Kirschtomate
- Kirschtomatea type of small tomato
Greek ντοματίνι
- ντοματίνι (ntomatíni)a type of small tomato
Hebrew עַגְבָנִיַּת שֶׁרִי
- עַגְבָנִיַּת שֶׁרִי (agvaniyát shéri)a type of small tomato
Hungarian koktélparadicsom
- koktélparadicsoma type of small tomato
Italian pomodorino, pomodoro ciliegino
- pomodorinoa type of small tomato
- pomodoro cilieginoa type of small tomato
Korean 방울토마토
- 방울토마토 (bang'ultomato)a type of small tomato
Polish pomidorek koktajlowy
- pomidorek koktajlowya type of small tomato
Portuguese tomate-cereja
- tomate-cerejaa type of small tomato
Russian тома́т че́рри, помидо́р че́рри
- тома́т че́рри (tomát čérri)a type of small tomato
- помидо́р че́рри (pomidór čérri)a type of small tomato
- че́рри (čérri)a type of small tomato
Spanish tomate cherry, tomate cereza
- tomate cherrya type of small tomato
- tomate cerezaa type of small tomato
Swedish körsbärstomat
- körsbärstomata type of small tomato
Turkish kiraz domates, çeri domates
- kiraz domatesa type of small tomato
- çeri domatesa type of small tomato
Vietnamese cà chua bi
- cà chua bia type of small tomato
Welsh tomato bach melys
- tomato bach melysa type of small tomato
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cherry tomato. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cherry%20tomato
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