TOMATO

Tomato

The tomato is the edible, often red fruit of the plant Solanum lycopersicum, commonly known as a tomato plant. Both the species and its use as a food originated in Mexico, and spread throughout the world following the Spanish colonization of the Americas. Its many varieties are now widely grown, sometimes in greenhouses in cooler climates.

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tomato

Noun

  1. A widely cultivated plant, Solanum lycopersicum, having edible fruit
  2. The savory 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. A desirable-looking woman.
    Lookit the legs on that hot tomato!
  5. A stupid act or person.

Verb

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


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