tomato

/təˈmɑː.təʊ/ · noun

Meaning

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.
A shade of red, the colour typical of a ripe tomato.
An attractive woman.
A stupid act or person.
Of a shade of red, the colour of a ripe tomato.
to pelt with tomatoes
to add tomatoes to (a dish)

Variant of earlier tomate, from Spanish tomate, from Classical Nahuatl tomatl, from Proto-Nahuan *toma-tl. Compare tomatillo.

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