cherry tomato

Small salad fruit

A cherry tomato is a small, round tomato variety roughly the size of a cherry, typically eaten whole in salads or as snacks.

They tend to be sweeter than larger tomatoes and come in red, yellow, and orange varieties.

The garden produced more cherry tomatoes than we could eat.

flavor

sweet

Tasting of sugar

burst · bright · concentrated · sugary · ripe · flavorful · intense · balanced · fresh · summery

snack

bite-sized

Small enough for one mouthful

mouthful · picnic · lunchbox · crudités · grazing · toothpick · skewer · portable · poppable · handful

salad

lettuce

Leafy salad vegetable

spinach · feta · balsamic · radish · dressing · mesclun · kale · romaine · avocado · mozzarella

garnish

plating

Surface metal application

finishing-touch · colorful · vibrant · roasted · blistered · scattered · decorative · skewered · whole · burst

plant

vine

Trailing climbing plant

seedling · harvest · ripening · truss · determinate · indeterminate · staking · greenhouse · patio · grafted

Categories
Opposites
tomato size

cherry tomatobeefsteak tomato

Large, meaty salad fruit

beefsteak · heirloom tomato

bite-size vs. slicing produce

cherry tomatowatermelon

Vine fruit with red flesh

cantaloupe · honeydew melon · pumpkin · butternut squash · cabbage

Family

cherry, tomato, tomatoes, cherries, tomatillo, cherrylike, cherry tomatoes

Familiarity
Top 50,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G