cherry tomato

noun

a variety of tomato, Lycopersicon lycopersicum cerasiforme, having cherry-sized, edible, red or yellow fruit.

Origin of cherry tomato

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50

Words nearby cherry tomato

cherry pepper, cherry picker, cherry pie, cherry plum, cherry red, cherry tomato, cherry-bob, cherry-pick, cherry-pie, cherry-red spot, cherry-red spot myoclonus syndrome

British Dictionary definitions for cherry tomato

cherry tomato

noun

a miniature tomato not much bigger than a cherry