1. tomato(n = noun.food) - mildly acid red or yellow pulpy fruit eaten as a vegetable;
is a kind of solanaceous vegetable
is a part of love apple, lycopersicon esculentum, tomato, tomato plant
has particulars: beefsteak tomato, cherry tomato
2. tomato(n = noun.plant) love apple, lycopersicon esculentum, tomato plant - native to South America; widely cultivated in many varieties;
is a kind of herb, herbaceous plant
has parts: tomato
has particulars: cherry tomato, lycopersicon esculentum cerasiforme
The fruit of a plant of the Nightshade family (
tomato, n. (pl. -oes)
1 a glossy red or yellow pulpy edible fruit.
2 a solanaceous plant, Lycopersicon esculentum, bearing this.
Derivative:
tomatoey adj.
Etymology:
17th-c. tomate, = F or Sp. & Port., f. Mex. tomatl
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