Tomato
WordNet
noun
(1) Mildly acid red or yellow pulpy fruit eaten as a vegetable
(2) Native to South America; widely cultivated in many varieties
WiktionaryText
Noun
- A widely cultivated plant, Solanum lycopersicum, having edible fruit
- The savoury fruit of this plant, red when ripe, treated as a vegetable in horticulture
- Note: The US Supreme Court in Nix v. Hedden (1893) ruled that a tomato is a vegetable.
- A shade of red, the colour of a ripe tomato.
- A desirable-looking woman.
- Lookit the legs on that hot tomato!
- A stupid act or person.