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English word tomato comes from Nahuatl tomatl (tomatillo, literally - the swelling fruit), later Spanish tomate (tomato, tomatillo)
tomatl (Nahuatl)
literally: the swelling fruit, but actually meant tomatillo (although not tomato: tomato proper was xītomatl)
tomate (Spanish)
tomato, tomatillo
tomato (English)
(noun) a red, or sometimes yellow, edible fruit (transitive) to add tomatoes to (a dish). (transitive) to pelt with tomatoes (slang) A desirable-looking woman.. (slang) A stupid act or person.. A shade of red, the colour of a ripe tomato.. A widely cultivated plant, Solanum lycopersicum, having edible fruit. The savory fruit of this plant, red when ripe, treated as a vegetable in horticulture and cooking.