tomato
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tomato/təˈmɑːtəʊ/
▶noun (pl. tomatoes)
- 1 a glossy red or yellow edible fruit, eaten as a vegetable or in salads.
- 2 the South American plant of the nightshade family which produces tomatoes. [Lycopersicon esculentum.]
– derivatives
tomatoey adjective.
tomatoey adjective.
– origin C17: from Fr., Sp., or Port. tomate, from Nahuatl tomatl.
'tomato' also found in these Oxford entries:
baked beans
- beef tomato
- Bloody Mary
- BLT
- cacciatore
- cherry tomato
- club sandwich
- Imam Bayildi
- ketchup
- love apple
- lycopene
- Marie Rose
- persimmon
- plum tomato
- red-eye
- salsa
- spaghetti Bolognese
- tamarillo
- tomatillo
- tree tomato
