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Tomato.

 

NOUN:   Inflected forms: pl. to·ma·toes
1 : the usually large rounded typically red or yellow pulpy berry of an herb (genus Lycopersicon) of the nightshade family native to South America
2 : a plant that produces tomatoes; especially : one (Lycopersicon esculentum syn. L. lycopersicum) that is a tender perennial widely cultivated as an annual for its edible fruit
ETYMOLOGY:  

alteration of earlier tomate, from Spanish, from Nahuatl tomatl

Date: 1604

"tomato." Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. 2009.

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La Tomatina, Buñol, Valencia, Spain

 

In the News . . .

  • How the taste of tomatoes went bad (and kept on going) -- Dan Charles, National Public Radio (28 June 2012)
    • Scientists have discovered that the gene that makes tomatoes uniformly ripe and red also makes them less tasty. But it's going to take consumer education and a willingness to pay more before the industry makes a change.
Tomato

Tomato

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
  Angiosperms
  Eudicots
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae
Genus: Solanum
Species: S. lycopersicum
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A scanned red tomato, along with leaves and flowers.

A scanned red tomato, along with leaves and flowers

Plate from book, 1880-1883?

Plate from book
1880-1883?

Tomato slices.

Tomato slices
 
omatina in 2006.

La Tomatina
Buñol, Valencia, Spain
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Tomato: Fruit or Vegetable?

Tomato: Fruit or Vegetable?

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