tomato.
A widely cultivated plant, Solanum lycopersicum, having edible fruit.
Meaning & usage
A widely cultivated plant, Solanum lycopersicum, having edible fruit.
The savory fruit of this plant, most often red when ripe, treated as a vegetable in horticulture and cooking.
He was chopping a tomato to put in the salad.
He was eating a tomato when his boss called him.
A shade of red, the colour typical of a ripe tomato.
An attractive woman.
A stupid act or person.
Where this word comes from
Variant of earlier tomate, from Spanish tomate, from Classical Nahuatl tomatl, from Proto-Nahuan *toma-tl. Compare tomatillo.
Of a shade of red, the colour of a ripe tomato.
Where this word comes from
Variant of earlier tomate, from Spanish tomate, from Classical Nahuatl tomatl, from Proto-Nahuan *toma-tl. Compare tomatillo.
To pelt with tomatoes.
To add tomatoes to (a dish).
Where this word comes from
Variant of earlier tomate, from Spanish tomate, from Classical Nahuatl tomatl, from Proto-Nahuan *toma-tl. Compare tomatillo.
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