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tomato

to.ma.to \t*-'ma-t-(.)o-, -*(-w), -'ma:t-\ n or tomatoes [alter. of earlier 
   tomate, fr. Sp, fr. Nahuatl tomatl] pl  1: any of a genus (Lycopersicon) of 
   So. American herbs of the nightsh ade family; esp : a perennial plant (L. 
   esculentum) widely cultivated for its edible fruits 2: the usu. large 
   rounded and red or yellow pulpy berry of a tomato