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tomato

Pronunciation: /təˈmɑː.təʊ/

The English word “tomato” has 8 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A widely cultivated plant, Solanum lycopersicum, having edible fruit.
  2. The savory fruit of this plant, most often red when ripe, treated as a vegetable in horticulture and cooking.
  3. A shade of red, the colour typical of a ripe tomato.
  4. An attractive woman.
  5. A stupid act or person.

adjective

  1. Of a shade of red, the colour of a ripe tomato.

verb

  1. To pelt with tomatoes.
  2. To add tomatoes to (a dish).

Etymology

Variant of earlier tomate, from Spanish tomate, from Classical Nahuatl tomatl, from Proto-Nahuan *toma-tl. Compare tomatillo.

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