tomato

Meaning

Noun

1. A widely cultivated plant, Solanum lycopersicum, having edible fruit.
2. The savory fruit of this plant, red when ripe, treated as a vegetable in horticulture and cooking.
3. A shade of red, the colour of a ripe tomato.
4. (slang) A desirable-looking woman.
5. (slang) A stupid act or person.

Verb

1. to pelt with tomatoes
2. to add tomatoes to (a dish)

Pronounced as (IPA)

/təˈmɑː.təʊ/

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tomate, from Classical Nahuatl tomatl, from Proto-Nahuan *tomatl. Compare tomatillo.