Tamarillo
noun, plural tamarillos.
1.
the edible, plumlike fruit of a tree, Cyphomandra betacea, of the nightshade family, native to the Peruvian Andes.
2.
the tree itself.
noun (pl) -los
1.
another name for tree tomato
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