Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A tomato.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An old name of the common tomato, Lycopersicum esculentum.
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- noun informal A
tomato .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun native to South America; widely cultivated in many varieties
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Probably translation of French pomme d'amour (from the former belief in the tomato's aphrodisiacal powers) : pomme, apple + de, of + amour, love.]
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