Tomatoes

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tomato \To*ma"to\, n.; pl. {Tomatoes}. [Sp. or Pg. tomate, of
     American Indian origin; cf. Mexican tomail.] (Bot.)
     The fruit of a plant of the Nightshade family ({Lycopersicum
     esculentun}); also, the plant itself. The fruit, which is
     called also {love apple}, is usually of a rounded, flattened
     form, but often irregular in shape. It is of a bright red or


     yellow color, and is eaten either cooked or uncooked.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Tomato gall} (Zool.), a large gall consisting of a mass of
        irregular swellings on the stems and leaves of grapevines.
        They are yellowish green, somewhat tinged with red, and
        produced by the larva of a small two-winged fly
        ({Lasioptera vitis}).
  
     {Tomato sphinx} (Zool.), the adult or imago of the {tomato
        worm}. It closely resembles the tobacco hawk moth. Called
        also {tomato hawk moth}. See Illust. of {Hawk moth}.
  
     {Tomato worm} (Zool.), the larva of a large hawk moth
        ({Manduca quinquemaculata}, {Protoparce quinquemaculata},
        {Sphinx quinquemaculata}, or {Macrosila quinquemaculata})
        which feeds upon the leaves of the tomato and potato
        plants, often doing considerable damage. Called also
        {tomato hornworm} and {potato worm}, and in the Southern
        U. S. {tobacco fly}.
        [1913 Webster +PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tomato
       n 1: mildly acid red or yellow pulpy fruit eaten as a vegetable
       2: native to South America; widely cultivated in many varieties
          [syn: {love apple}, {tomato plant}, {Lycopersicon
          esculentum}]
       [also: {tomatoes} (pl)]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tomatoes
       See {tomato}