jamberry
- noun
- US
:
miltomate
- After harvesting the jamberries, we made a delicious homemade jam.
Examples
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Many gardeners grow jamberries for their unique, tangy fruit.
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The jamberry plant thrives in warm climates.
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The salsa recipe called for diced jamberry to add a burst of flavor.
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I love eating jamberries during the summer.
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I enjoyed the jamberries straight from the vine, as they were perfectly ripe.
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The jamberries we picked yesterday were sweet and delicious, making them perfect for dessert.
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My grandmother taught me how to make jam using freshly harvested jamberries from her garden.
Synonyms
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A small round green fruit with a thin papery husk used in Mexican cooking and the plant that grows it
A plant that produces small edible fruits like tiny tomatoes inside a dry papery husk
A small plant from Mexico that produces edible green fruits like small tomatoes inside a thin paper husk
A Mexican plant that makes small fruits like tomatoes you can eat
A small Mexican plant that makes edible green or yellow fruits like small tomatoes
Surface Forms
Etymology
Jamberry is made of two English words, jam and berry, because the plant's small, tomato-like fruit has often been 'made into jam'. So a jamberry is a berry that people make jam from, which explains the plant's name.