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Tomato

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.

Merriam-Webster Online. 21 August 2009
<http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tomato>

Google Search: Society > Food >
Google Search: Home > Cooking > Fruits and Vegetables > Tomatoes | Tomato - Soups and Stews | Tomatillos | Tomato - Collections and Indexes 

Wikipedia:
Tomato
La Tomatina, Buñol, Valencia, Spain

search tomato on JSTOR

 

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Tomato

Tomato

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
  Angiosperms
  Eudicots
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae
Genus: Solanum
Species: S. lycopersicum
Binomial name

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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
 

 

Tomato plant illustration by Laura Westlund from  Cool as a Cucumber, Hot as a Pepper , by Meredith Sayles Hughes.

"Tomato plant illustration by Laura Westlund from  Cool as a Cucumber, Hot as a Pepper , by Meredith Sayles Hughes."
The Food Museum Online

 
Vincent Van Gogh: "Potato Eaters", Nünen, April 1885, Oil on Canvas.

La Tomatina
Buñol, Valencia, Spain
Wikipedia

 

Tomato plant illustration by Laura Westlund from  Cool as a Cucumber, Hot as a Pepper , by Meredith Sayles Hughes.

"Tomato plant illustration by Laura Westlund from  Cool as a Cucumber, Hot as a Pepper , by Meredith Sayles Hughes."
The Food Museum Online

 
Tomato: Fruit or Vegetable?

Tomato: Fruit or Vegetable?
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