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TOMATO (tomatoes)

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tomato mean? 

TOMATO (noun)
  The noun TOMATO has 2 senses:

1. mildly acid red or yellow pulpy fruit eaten as a vegetableplay

2. native to South America; widely cultivated in many varietiesplay

  Familiarity information: TOMATO used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TOMATO (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Mildly acid red or yellow pulpy fruit eaten as a vegetable

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("tomato" is a kind of...):

solanaceous vegetable (any of several fruits of plants of the family Solanaceae; especially of the genera Solanum, Capsicum, and Lycopersicon)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tomato"):

beefsteak tomato (any of several large tomatoes with thick flesh)

cherry tomato (small red to yellow tomatoes)

Holonyms ("tomato" is a part of...):

love apple; Lycopersicon esculentum; tomato; tomato plant (native to South America; widely cultivated in many varieties)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Native to South America; widely cultivated in many varieties

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

love apple; Lycopersicon esculentum; tomato; tomato plant

Hypernyms ("tomato" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Meronyms (parts of "tomato"):

tomato (mildly acid red or yellow pulpy fruit eaten as a vegetable)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tomato"):

cherry tomato; Lycopersicon esculentum cerasiforme (plant bearing small red to yellow fruit)


 Context examples 


Alleles determine specific traits in organisms, whether tomatoes or people.

(Scientists develop genetic path to tastier tomatoes, NSF)

In a large population size, such as a tomato field, in which transposons are activated in each individual we would expect to see diverse new traits.

(Harnessing tomato jumping genes could help speed-breed drought-resistant crops, University of Cambridge)

A red pigment found in tomatoes and some fruits.

(Lycopene, NCI Dictionary)

This means today's tomatoes have a narrow genetic base.

(Tomato Pan-Genome Makes Bringing Flavor Back Easier, Agricultural Research Service)

The study found that a wild-growing tomato, a tomato used for farming, and a plant similar to alfalfa all share at least 68 families of genes that are activated in response to flooding.

(Grains in the rain, National Science Foundation)

In other words, the selected communities look like a stable, healthy plant microbiome, akin to what a robust tomato plant might pass to its offspring.

(How do you cultivate a healthy plant microbiome?, National Science Foundation)

It was subsequently tested on tomatoes, lettuce, and rice, by cycling the crops.

(New Brazilian fertilizer can boost productivity, Agência BRASIL)

Grafting is common in the farming of watermelon, tomato and cucumber.

(Grafting helps pepper plants deal with drought, SciDev.Net)

Visual stimuli included objects that have a characteristic color (oranges, strawberries, tomatoes), objects with arbitrary color (Legos, toy cars), and in-person actors representing a diversity of skin colors.

(Rosy health and sickly green: color associations play robust role in reading faces, National Institutes of Health)

Examples are broccoli, carrots, celery, peppers, tomatoes, and zucchini.

(Nonstarchy vegetable, NCI Dictionary)



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