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tomate has nothing to do with fruits, its a legumes =P

legumes

a tomato is a

fruit

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to·ma·to (tə-mā'tō, -mä'-)

pronunciation
n., pl. -toes.

1.
1. A widely cultivated South

American plant (Lycopersicon esculentum) having edible, fleshy, usually red fruit.

2. The fruit of this plant.
2. Slang. A woman regarded as

attractive.

[Alteration of Spanish tomate, from Nahuatl tomatl.]
to·ma'to·ey

(-tō-ē) adj.

WORD HISTORY Among the greatest contributions to world

civilization made by the early inhabitants of the Americas are plant foods such as the

potato and squash. The tomato, whose name comes ultimately from the Nahuatl language spoken

by the Aztecs and other groups in Mexico and Central America, was another important

contribution. When the Spanish conquered this area, they brought the tomato back to Spain

and, borrowing the Nahuatl word tomatl for it, named it tomate, a form shared in French,

Portuguese, and early Modern English. Tomate, first recorded in 1604, gave way to tomato, a

form created in English either because it was assumed to be Spanish or under the influence

of the word potato. As is well known, people at first resisted eating this New World food

because its membership in the nightshade family made it seem potentially poisonous, but it

is now is an important element of many world cuisines.

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tomato, plant (Lycopersicon esculentum) of the family

Solanaceae (nightshade family), related to the potato and eggplant. Although cultivated in

Mexico and Peru for centuries before the European conquest, the tomato is one of the newest

plants to be used on a large scale for human food. When the Spanish explorers brought back

seed from South America, the plant was grown merely for ornament; it was known as the love

apple. Though the fruit was described as a salad ingredient before 1600, it was commonly

regarded as poisonous, and only within the last century has it become recognized as a

valuable food. Indeed, all parts of the plant but the fruit are toxic. It was reintroduced

to the United States as a food plant c.1800 and now ranks third among our vegetable crops.

It is very popular as a salad vegetable, yet three quarters of the crop is processed into

juice, canned tomatoes, soups, catsup, and tomato pastes. It is the most widely used canned

vegetable. Numerous varieties (ranging from the small cherry tomato to the large beefsteak)

are cultivated in practically all parts of the United States except the warmest regions. One

of the worst tomato pests is the cutworm. Tomato-seed oil (from waste seed of canning

processes) is sometimes extracted, chiefly in Italy. An antibiotic, tomatine, is also

extracted from the seed. Technically the tomato is a fruit, although it is commonly

considered a vegetable because of its uses. The tomato is classified in the division

Magnoliophyta, class Magnoliopsida, order Solanales, family Solanaceae.

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