tomato

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[edit] English

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A tomato

[edit] Etymology

From Spanish tomate, from Nahuatl tomatl, xītomatl.

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[edit] Noun

tomato (plural tomatoes or tomatos)

  1. A widely cultivated plant, Solanum lycopersicum, having edible fruit
  2. The savoury fruit of this plant, red when ripe, treated as a vegetable in horticulture
  3. A shade of red, the colour of a ripe tomato.
  4. (slang) A desirable-looking woman.
    Lookit the legs on that hot tomato!
  5. (slang) A stupid act or person.

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tomato (third-person singular simple present tomatos, present participle tomatoing, simple past and past participle tomatoed)

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

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tomato (plural tomatoj, accusative singular tomaton, accusative plural tomatojn)

  1. tomato (fruit)
  2. tomato plant (Solanum lycopersicum)

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  • tomata (“made of or related to tomatoes”)

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tomato (plural tomati)

  1. tomato

[edit] Japanese

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tomato (katakana トマト)

  1. tomato
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