adj
Meaning 1
Of a shade of red, the colour of a ripe tomato.
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adj
Of a shade of red, the colour of a ripe tomato.
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noun
A widely cultivated plant, Solanum lycopersicum, having edible fruit.
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noun
The savory fruit of this plant, most often red when ripe, treated as a vegetable in horticulture and cooking.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: golden apple, love apple, wolf's peach, tomater, mato, mater
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noun
A shade of red, the colour typical of a ripe tomato.
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noun
An attractive woman.
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noun
A stupid act or person.
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verb
to pelt with tomatoes
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verb
to add tomatoes to (a dish)
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noun
mildly acid red or yellow pulpy fruit eaten as a vegetable
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Broader terms: solanaceous vegetable
Narrower terms: beefsteak tomato, cherry tomato
noun
native to South America; widely cultivated in many varieties
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Synonyms: love apple, tomato plant, Lycopersicon esculentum
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Broader terms: herb, herbaceous plant
Narrower terms: cherry tomato, Lycopersicon esculentum cerasiforme
History
Variant of earlier tomate, from Spanish tomate, from Classical Nahuatl tomatl, from Proto-Nahuan *toma-tl. Compare tomatillo.
Across languages
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