NOUN
- South American arborescent shrub having pale pink blossoms followed by egg-shaped reddish-brown edible fruit somewhat resembling a tomato in flavor
How To Use tamarillo In A Sentence
- The tamarillo is generally believed to be native to the Andes of Peru and probably also, Chile, Ecuador and Bolivia.
- Place the beef, tamarillos, onion and kumara in a casserole dish.
- It does fantastic fruit juice for breakfast - the tree tomato, or tamarillo, is a treat. Times, Sunday Times
- Her winning MasterChef menu included pan-fried monkfish with butternut squash fondant and almond panna cotta with poached tamarillos and berries. The Sun
- Last winter, I was given a large bag of small, end-of-season tamarillos.
- In restaurants, we are offered anything from the faintly recognisable tamarillo or star anise ice-cream to absurd flavours such as anchovy or haggis.
- The tamarillo is subtropical rather than tropical and flourishes between 5,000 and 10,000 ft. in its Andean homeland.
- Rich venison is complemented by a sweetsour tamarillo purée. Times, Sunday Times
- Alas, Tamarillo went down late last night with a knock to the stifle joint incurred over the cross-county and was withdrawn.
- Products like buttercup squash, table grapes, chestnuts, persimmons, avocados, tamarillos, boysenberries, and Nashi Asian pears, just demonstrate the wide diversity of horticultural exports from New Zealand to overseas markets.