small-fruited

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small-fruited

The gardener grows a small-fruited variety of tomato.

Definition

Adjective: 1. Bearing or producing small fruit: Describes a plant, tree, or cultivar whose characteristic is to produce fruit that is notably small in size.

Usage

This is a descriptive botanical term used to classify or identify specific varieties of plants based on the size of the fruit they yield. It is typically used attributively before a noun. - The small-fruited crabapple tree is popular for ornamental gardens. - This small-fruited cultivar of cucumber is ideal for pickling.

Advanced Usage
  • The term is often part of a plant's common or botanical name to distinguish it from other varieties.
    • Sorbus aucuparia 'Small-fruited Rowan'
    • The small-fruited form of the native hawthorn.
Variants and Related Words
  • Small-fruit: (Noun, less common) A general term for fruit of a small size.
  • Large-fruited: (Adjective) The direct antonym, meaning bearing large fruit.
Synonyms
  • Microcarpic (technical/botanical)
  • Microcarpous (technical/botanical)
Antonyms
  • Large-fruited
  • Macrocarpic (technical/botanical)
small-fruited

The gardener grows a small-fruited variety of tomato.

Adjective
  1. bearing small fruit

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