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Fruit or Vegetable...its simply delightful!

tomato |təˈmātō, -ˈmätō|
noun ( pl. tomatoes )
1 a glossy red, or occasionally yellow, pulpy edible fruit that is typically eaten as a vegetable or in salad.
• the bright red color of a ripe tomato.
2 the South American plant of the nightshade family that produces this fruit. It is widely grown as a cash crop, and many varieties have been developed.
[Lycopersicon esculentum, family Solanaceae.]
DERIVATIVES
tomatoey |-ˈmātō-ē, -ˈmätō-ē|adjective
ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from French, Spanish, or Portuguese tomate, from Nahuatl tomatl

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