Tomato definition
An example of a tomato is the main ingredient for marinara sauce.
Lookit the legs on that hot tomato!
Other Word Forms
Noun
Origin of tomato
- Alteration of Spanish tomate from Nahuatl tomatl fleshy globose fruit, tomatillo, tomato
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Spanish tomate, from Classical Nahuatl tomatl, xītomatl.
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