Definitions for "Tamarillo"
Keywords:  edible, fruit, tomato, tropical, egg
An oval, red, tropical fruit.
A large yellow to red, hard, egg-shaped fruit of an evergreen shrub "Cyphomandra betacea" related to the tomato and kiwi fruit and resembling a giant rosehip, grown in tropical and sub-tropical climates. The flesh is somewhat acid but high in vitamin C and the seeds are edible. It is blanched and peeled before eating and may be used in fruit salads, for jam making and has been used for flavoring yoghurt and cheesecake (also called tomarillo, tree tomato)
South American arborescent shrub having pale pink blossoms followed by egg-shaped reddish-brown edible fruit somewhat resembling a tomato in flavor
Keywords:  pitt, fox, william, rider, sport
Tamarillo is a horse that has excelled in the sport of eventing under rider William Fox-Pitt.