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tomato

[ tuh-mey-toh, -mah- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural to·ma·toes.

any of several plants belonging to the genus Lycopersicon, of the nightshade family, native to Mexico and Central and South America, especially the widely cultivated species L. lycopersicum, bearing a mildly acid, pulpy, usually red fruit eaten raw or cooked as a vegetable.
the fruit itself.
Older Slang: Sometimes Offensive. a girl or woman.

tomato

/ təˈmɑːtəʊ /

a solanaceous plant, Lycopersicon (or Lycopersicum ) esculentum, of South America, widely cultivated for its red fleshy many-seeded edible fruits
the fruit of this plant, which has slightly acid-tasting flesh and is eaten in salads, as a vegetable, etc
slang.
a girl or woman

Origin of tomato¹

1595–1605; 1915–20 tomato fordef 3; earlier tomate < Spanish < Nahuatl tomatl

Origin of tomato¹

C17 tomate, from Spanish, from Nahuatl tomatl

Fittingly to that point, its Rotten Tomato score (as of Tuesday evening) was a flat 50 percent.

The tomato sauce is ‘gravy’ to many Italian-Americans of a certain class.

The sandwich is made with thick tiles of quality bread and adorned with lettuce and tomato.

Fresh tomato juice makes an incredible difference in the drink.

Mongolians bravely swallow a glass of pickled sheep eyeballs mixed into tomato juice to chase away their morning-after blues.

The next morning it was that Cash cut the ball of his right thumb open on the sharp edge of a tomato can.

He made his loaves, tucked them into the pan and greased the top with bacon grease saved in a tomato can for such use.

A dibble made of a round and sharp-pointed stick is the usual tool for making holes when setting tomato and other plants.

Among these words are the names of such common things as chocolate, cocoa, tomato.

She's very pretty, but towards the end of the evening she looked rather like a squashed tomato, I thought.

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