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Definition of Tomato

1. Noun. Mildly acid red or yellow pulpy fruit eaten as a vegetable.

2. Noun. Native to South America; widely cultivated in many varieties.

Definition of Tomato

1. n. The fruit of a plant of the Nightshade family (Lycopersicum esculentun); also, the plant itself. The fruit, which is called also love apple, is usually of a rounded, flattened form, but often irregular in shape. It is of a bright red or yellow color, and is eaten either cooked or uncooked.

Definition of Tomato

1. Noun. A widely cultivated plant, ''Solanum lycopersicum'', having edible fruit ¹

2. Noun. The savoury fruit of this plant, red when ripe, treated as a vegetable in horticulture ¹

3. Noun. A shade of red, the colour of a ripe tomato. ¹

4. Noun. (slang) A desirable-looking woman. ¹

5. Noun. (slang) A stupid act or person. ¹

6. Verb. (transitive) to pelt with tomatoes ¹

7. Verb. (transitive) to add tomatoes to (a dish) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tomato

1. the fleshy, edible fruit of a perennial plant [n -TOES] : TOMATOEY [adj]

Medical Definition of Tomato

1. Origin: Sp. Or Pg. Tomate, of American Indian origin; cf. Mexican tomail. The fruit of a plant of the Nightshade family (Lycopersicum esculentun); also, the plant itself. The fruit, which is called also love apple, is usually of a rounded, flattened form, but often irregular in shape. It is of a bright red or yellow colour, and is eaten either cooked or uncooked. Tomato gall, the larva of a large hawk moth (Sphinx, or Macrosila, quinquemaculata) which feeds upon the leaves of the tomato and potato plants, often doing considerable damage. Called also potato worm. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tomato

tomahawk tomahawk mark tomahawked tomahawking tomahawks tomaley tomalley tomalleys toman tomans

tomatillo tomatilloes tomatillos tomatinase tomatine tomato (current term) tomato blight tomato can tomato concentrate tomato fruitworm

tomato hornworm tomato juice tomato juices tomato ketchup tomato paste tomato pastes tomato plant tomato purée tomato purées tomato sauce

Literary usage of Tomato

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"tomato, a perennial herb (Lycopersicon lycopersicon) of the family ... The development of the tomato both in its form and its popularity as a vegetable is ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"The development of the tomato both in its form and its popularity as a vegetable is mainly due to the care of plant- breeders, who have eliminated the ..."

3. Annual Report by Ohio State Board of Agriculture (1876)
"The editor of the " Bon Jardinier" (pour 1'an, 1818) describes the tomato as coming originally from Mexico; but Mr. Sabine, in a paper he read on this plant ..."

4. Phytopathology by American Phytopathological Society (1917)
"SYMPTOMS The disease occurs only on the. fruit of the tomato on which it ... BUCKEYE ROT OF tomato These fruits show the most striking symptoms of the rot. ..."

5. Insects Injurious to Vegetables by Frank Hurlbut Chittenden (1907)
"CHAPTER XIV INSECTS INJURIOUS TO THE tomato IN the introduction to the chapter on insects affecting potato, eggplant, and similar crops, it was stated that ..."

6. Bulletin by National Canners Association (1917)
"Diagram showing the rate of heat penetration in tomatoes and tomato pulp (1.031) when rolling ... 4, tomato pulp standing. Temperature of contents, 120° F., ..."

7. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1902)
"Stake-trained tomato, ton planter. Remedies are equally illusive. Except the stereotyped "sunrise worm hunt" with a bit of shingle, and cabbage leaves or ..."

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